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Russian microfinance market needs a breather Money

Russian microfinance market needs a breather

In the Russian capital, discussions are underway on state regulation of the non-bank small financing market. As Yulia Bondareva, Deputy Head of the Federal Financial Markets Service (FFMS), notes…

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A little more about the Czech crown Money

A little more about the Czech crown

Despite the Czech Republic's accession to the European Union, the country kept its national currency unchanged. It is about the Czech crown, which is denoted by the abbreviation CZK in the…

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Poor and Rich in Europe Money

Poor and Rich in Europe

The Statistical Office of the European Union has published the results of calculating gross domestic product per capita in special units – 'purchasing power standards'. It is implied that for one…

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Germans Still Hoarding Marks Money

Germans Still Hoarding Marks

Residents of Germany still keep billions of Deutsche marks in their piggy banks, writes Russkaya Germaniya. And experts are seriously considering the theoretical possibility of returning to the…

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Financial Literacy Money

Financial Literacy

European schoolchildren have a new headache. They have been given another subject – financial literacy. Adults, frightened by the economic crisis, came up with this subject exactly two years ago. The…

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Gold from a Vending Machine Money

Gold from a Vending Machine

Due to the instability of the euro exchange rate caused by Greece's financial collapse, European bankers began to worry about preserving their capital. The uncertain future of the single European…

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Moscow Is Not Copenhagen Money

Moscow Is Not Copenhagen

Oslo, Zurich, and Geneva have once again become the most expensive cities in the world this year, according to a triennial study by the Swiss investment bank UBS. They are followed in the list by…

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The Circulation of Money in Europe Money

The Circulation of Money in Europe

If you add up the national budgets of Ukraine, Belarus, and Kazakhstan, you get the sum that guest workers employed in the EU annually send to relatives who remained in their home countries…

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Starting Your Own Business in Germany Money

Starting Your Own Business in Germany

When starting any business in any country, the first question that arises is: what form of organization to choose? We should have no difficulties here. Foreign citizens can only open so-called…

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What the finder of a treasure is entitled to under the laws of different countries Money

What the finder of a treasure is entitled to under the laws of different countries

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New Franklin for the People Money

New Franklin for the People

U.S. authorities have unveiled the new design of the $100 bill. It will be put into circulation next year and is expected to be protected against counterfeiting more effectively than its predecessors…

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Bank card for traveling abroad Money

Bank card for traveling abroad

Keeping money on a plastic card is more convenient and reliable than in common access places – pockets and wallets. Almost no one has been lucky enough to get back cash stolen together with a wallet…

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