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How to survive in a British office

If you have come from another country and are planning to work in the UK, you face a long process of adapting to office life here. Working in a British company has a number of peculiarities that can…

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Bogatyrs with 'MVD' on their chests

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Czech Republic Counts Foreigners

The Czech Statistical Office (ČSÚ) has released data on foreigners working in the country – their numbers, fields of employment, and average salaries. The report for the full calendar year (2015) was…

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Foreign Switzerland

As is known, Switzerland is home to a total of approximately 2.3 million foreign nationals. And what about the country's major cities with a population of 50,000 or more? In all these localities, the…

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Migrants 'judged by their appearance'

What does the new generation of Czechs think about the topics the whole world is discussing today? The Multicultural Center in Prague conducted a study aiming to examine how teenagers relate to the…

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Where is it good for an expat to live?

For the third year in a row, analysts at InterNations, the world's largest expat community, have been observing the lives of their fellow expats in more than 60 countries day after day. In the latest…

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Foreigners will have life made easier in Czech Republic

Just two years ago, an organization appeared in the Czech Republic that significantly facilitates the life of recently arrived foreigners in the country. Absolutely free of charge, the employees of…

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The Making of New Germans

In 2015, 1.1 million refugees and asylum seekers arrived in Germany, and this year another 300,000 to 400,000 are expected. Many of the newcomers are convinced that after the war they will return to…

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How Czechs Discover Ukraine

The only way to fight wars and aggression, which are becoming more numerous in the modern world, is through communication and mutual support. This is the idea that inspires Czech human rights…

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Refugees Need Jobs

In mid-September, a meeting of German Chancellor Angela Merkel with the leadership of major German companies will take place in Berlin. The Chancellor intends to appeal to them to hire more refugees…

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Foreigners in the Bundeswehr

Technocratic texts rarely become the subject of lively debate. An exception is the 'White Paper' on security and defense policy approved by the German government in mid-July. It states that allowing…

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Island of Tolerance in Europe

The American public opinion research institute Pew Research Center published last week a report on the attitude of EU citizens towards migrants and ethnic minorities. The survey that formed the basis…

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