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Everyday life
The Pew Research Center's Forum on Religion & Public Life released the results of a survey of 35,000 American adults about their attitudes toward religion. According to Voice of America, the survey…
Curiosities
A legislative ban on smoking in restaurants, cafes, and bars came into force in the Netherlands recently. However, as RIA Novosti reports, the famous Dutch coffee shops are still allowed to smoke…
Tourism
July in Europe is one of the most musical months. In Salzburg, opera singers and symphony orchestras gather; in Dura, alternative fans; in Hamburg, lovers of old hits; in Dortmund, electronic music…
Everyday life
Recently, British Justice Minister Jack Straw announced startling figures: between 1999 and 2006 alone, more than 37,000 prisoners in the United Kingdom refused various forms of parole. Moreover, 42…
Money
Last year, Germany completed payments of monetary compensation to victims of forced labor during World War II. However, apparently, this chapter in German history is not yet closed. According to…
Immigration
The European Parliament held a first vote on the European Union directive on illegal immigration. According to Gzt.ru, the document, which was agreed on June 5 by the interior ministers of EU…
Immigration
This year, a whole set of changes have occurred in the immigration policy of the United States. Igor Timofeev, director of the immigration policy department and special adviser to the U.S. Department…
Visas
Warning from the U.S. Embassy.
Immigration
One can become a German for just €255. That is the cost of the citizenship procedure in Germany. But, as Deutsche Welle notes, to go through it, a number of conditions must be met. These include…
Tourism
What ideas may come to a citizen who finds themselves outside their home country! According to Financial Izvestia, to prevent any troubles, Rospotrebnadzor has posted on its website a memo for those…
Everyday life
This summer, American sociologists and human rights activists intend to do a very serious job – to count the Muslims living in the United States. At first glance, notes Lenta.ru, the task seems…
Law zone
In mid-June, the UN Security Council voted to declare war on Somali pirates. According to Itogi, all countries whose ships or citizens have fallen into the hands of modern freebooters are allowed to…