Everyday life

International Adoption Market

Adoption of foreign children is gaining popularity. Actress Angelina Jolie became the adoptive mother of a boy from Cambodia and an HIV-infected girl from Ethiopia. Singer Madonna adopted a boy from…

Freedom of speech on the letter N

If there is freedom of speech in the US, it clearly does not extend to the 'N-word' – the so-called n-word. The 'N-word,' unlike 'town N' or 'citizen N,' is a term that is specific to the extreme. In…

Time to Change Names

The problem of national self-identification turned out to be one of the most difficult for citizens of the unrecognized Republic of China on Taiwan, especially against the backdrop of a reassessment…

Sellers of Festive Fire

Today China is rightfully considered the world leader in the production of all kinds of entertainment pyrotechnics. The Chinese believe that the roar of fireworks scares away evil spirits and…

Shopping as Doping

Diet for the Old World

European countries now have their own 'continental diet'. As Vremya Novostei writes, on November 16 in Istanbul the health ministers of the Old World states solemnly signed the European Charter on…

Size Matters

It seems the dollar has fallen not only on the financial market against major world currencies, but also in the eyes of Americans themselves, who demanded changing the form of banknotes so that…

Fat Single Fisherman on the Net

The traditional compendium «All About Germany», released by the German Statistical Office last week, reminded many of that mirror you want to break when you see a face you don't always like. As Novye…

Celestial Life

Amazing thing – the stronger China becomes, the stronger the age-old traditions in the Celestial Empire. Including the ancient custom of making sacrifices to the souls of deceased ancestors. It is…

Jurors

Experience of Western countries shows that the jury system, which is mercilessly criticized and which primarily irritates the citizens themselves who sit in courtrooms all day, nevertheless works…

European Union: Discrimination in the Law

Human honor and dignity are inviolable. These are the words with which the constitutions of European Union countries begin – except, perhaps, Great Britain, which has no constitution at all. Human…

Children — the past of Germans?

Germans do not want to have children, and the authorities' attempts to reverse this trend look rather unconvincing. Especially when the authorities pretend that the issue of procreation has nothing…