Country guide
About five days before our departure to South America, late in the evening, a call came from abroad - from San Francisco. A pleasant elderly voice with a soft accent that was not ours, of a Russian…
Country guide
French colonizers who lived on the Indochinese Peninsula for many decades came up with a very apt saying that well reflects the nature of all three peoples who inhabited French Indochina: “The…
While most countries define their sovereignty in terms of borders, the United States sees itself rather as a society of conquered outskirts and border zones. The concept of a state border is…
From February 6 to March 2, an exhibition of Japanese dolls dedicated to the national holiday Hino Matsuri – the Festival of Dolls – was held at the Japanese Embassy in Kyiv. Not for the first time…
Everything is the opposite for them: the north wind brings heat, and the south wind, on the contrary, brings cold. That's because in the south it's a stone's throw from Antarctica, and in the north…
How did a nation that in the mid-19th century was considered one of the shortest in Europe become the tallest in the world, surpassing the former leaders – the Americans? Moreover, this happened…
In a country where public transport is so well developed, the etiquette of behavior in it is also developed – sometimes surprising visitors to Sweden. For example, it is not customary to give up your…
Swedes joke that happiness requires three things starting with V: villa (house), vovve (doggy) and Volvo. While the first two are indisputable, dreams of a personal car are becoming less popular…
Getting a driver's license in Sweden requires more time and effort than in many other countries. First, you need to request a permit from the Transport Agency, attaching a health and vision…
"Ordnung muss sein! – There must be order!" – this phrase is known even to those who have never started learning German. It is considered an expression of the very spirit of Germany. Ask any…
Every country has its own laws for doing business. In some countries they are very similar, in others they differ significantly, as, for example, in the case of Germany and Russia.