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Culture
In the coming October, many European museums are opening their 'major autumn exhibitions', most of which will end in January – February 2009. Old classics and 'modern' classics will be shown, one…
Everyday life
Last week, Lithuanian Defense Minister Juozas Oliakas, following his Polish counterpart Bogdan Klich, signed a decree abolishing military conscription. While the Poles will begin transitioning their…
Curiosities
All aerospace agencies and design bureaus that build rockets or satellites have a dream: to justify their existence to taxpayers or financial controllers. In other words, engineers and scientists…
Everyday life
In any country, when discussing a new state budget, disputes flare up over what to spend money on and what not to. And if to spend, then how much.
Education
Interview with Anna Dudnik, director of the Ukrainian-Irish educational agency 'Anna'.
Immigration
Just over a year ago, a reform of the immigration law came into force in Germany. The new version supplemented and expanded the Migration Act that entered into force on January 1, 2005. The 2007…
Work
Shortly, thousands of foreigners intending to get a job in Great Britain will find it significantly harder. The Home Office recently published new rules that tighten the selection process for labor…
Everyday life
Social security may soon become a strategic sector for the UK. Recent research by the National Statistics Service showed that the number of elderly people in the country has for the first time…
Immigration
Russian lawmakers have removed one of the barriers to the mass return of former compatriots to the country. Last week, the State Duma passed in the second reading amendments to the law 'On…
Curiosities
Despite the fact that over the last millennia dozens of waves of migrants from various parts of the planet have swept through Europe, the inhabitants of the Old World have still not mixed properly…
Culture
Since autumn, several major exhibitions are closing and new ones are opening in museums and galleries in Europe. Particularly notable premieres include a large exhibition of paintings and drawings by…
Curiosities
Recently, Sony announced that it is recalling 440 thousand Vaio TZ laptops manufactured from May 2007 to July 2008 due to a detected defect. Company specialists determined that the problem was in the…