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Money
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…
Tourism
Everyday life
The family of Uwe Romeike from Bissingen (Baden-Württemberg) received political asylum in the USA because their 'fundamental rights were violated in their homeland.' 'Germany is a democratic country…
Visas
In Soviet times, to leave one's home country, one had to contrive – enter into an appropriate marriage (often a sham marriage) and obtain an Israeli visa. Now times have changed, but the 'social…
Everyday life
It is believed that the word 'vegetarian' comes from the word vegetalis, which in Latin means 'plant-based'. But in fact, it originates from the word vegetus, which translates as 'strong, healthy…
Visas
The new EU Visa Code, which came into effect in early April, introduced uniform legal rules governing visa matters in the territory where the Schengen Agreement applies. “The Code harmonizes the…
Everyday life
Demographers are sounding the alarm: over the past 30 years, the likelihood of marriage among German residents has halved. Almost a third of young German women do not intend to tie the knot. And men…
Work
As early as 2015, Germany will face a labor shortage: the supply of jobs on the labor market will exceed demand. This forecast was made by one of the world's largest consulting agencies, McKinsey…
Curiosities
In Europe, English cuisine is considered the worst, but the Queen's subjects themselves will stand like a wall behind the island's culinary traditions, claiming there is no dessert tastier than…
Education
American universities dominate global rankings. In the top ten of the 2009 World University Rankings compiled by THE/QS, there are six American universities. In the top 100, there are 36, and among…
Visas
The European Union is an alliance of some European countries that implies, in addition to integrated political and economic systems, a single visa regime (Schengen visa) across almost the entire…
Tourism
Lately, our Russian tourist has become overly pampered. He demands the Maldives, the Canaries, Bali, other paradises on Earth. But Russia has so many wonderful and unknown places! Let's head to the…