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Backpacking through Ecuador Tourism

Backpacking through Ecuador

They say all Latin American countries are alike. As noted by Voyage et Loisirs, starting to explore it with Ecuador is a good idea. Mountains, jungles, ocean plus a warm attitude towards tourists…

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Strict rules for carry-on luggage on EU flights may be abolished News

Strict rules for carry-on luggage on EU flights may be abolished

At the end of April, the term of new safety rules for EU passenger air transport regulating liquid carriage expires. The European Parliament's Transport Committee demanded their abolition: costly and…

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Main news of the issue (abroad No. 378) News

Main news of the issue (abroad No. 378)

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Gates for Immigrants Immigration

Gates for Immigrants

As Betsy Maestro and Suzanne Ryan, authors of the book 'Coming To America: The Story Of Immigration', note, 'all Americans are descendants of immigrants or immigrants themselves.' Nevertheless, the…

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Students are sometimes allowed to stay Education

Students are sometimes allowed to stay

From May 1, 2007, the scheme that gives the right to stay in England for a year after graduating from a university to find work will change.

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Drinking the Non-Russian Way Everyday life

Drinking the Non-Russian Way

Had one too many, got behind the wheel, got pulled over, made to blow into a tube... If this happened in America, you're done for. Every year, one and a half million Americans are arrested for…

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Germany needs to learn to teach Education

Germany needs to learn to teach

Five years after the publication of the results of the study known in Germany as the Pisa-Studie, the German school system is once again facing criticism. But whereas in 2001 the discussion focused…

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Discounts reach the money transfer market News

Discounts reach the money transfer market

Western Union, one of the world leaders in the money transfer market, is actively testing new competitive opportunities. The company is preparing to introduce in Russia the Western Union Gold Card…

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Pyramidal World Tourism

Pyramidal World

Are there any structures in the world that stir the imagination more than pyramids? They keep ancient secrets, guard unknown knowledge. They are attributed with properties plausible, incredible, and…

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Top stories of the issue (foreign edition No. 377) News

Top stories of the issue (foreign edition No. 377)

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Velvet Semester Education

Velvet Semester

Why do young people go abroad in summer? Obviously, to relax and have fun. But it also happens that they go to study. When else will they get a chance to improve their English, German, or even learn…

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Five Kopecks per Hectare Country guide

Five Kopecks per Hectare

140 years ago, after long negotiations, the largest deal of the 19th century took place. On March 30 (18), 1867, Alaska, which had been a Russian colony for 126 years, passed into the hands of the…

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