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Schengen expands eastward News

Schengen expands eastward

Starting from 2007, 10 new European Union member states will be included in the Schengen area. The EU justice ministers reached the corresponding agreement on December 5. The decision concerns…

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Europe Does Not Know What to Do with Turkey News

Europe Does Not Know What to Do with Turkey

These days the deadline of a kind of ultimatum presented by the European Commission to Turkey expires. Ankara must open its sea and air ports to ships and aircraft of the Republic of Cyprus. If it…

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Britain to Test Foreigners Immigration

Britain to Test Foreigners

From next year, foreigners wishing to obtain permanent residence status in the UK while retaining their citizenship will have to take the same exams as those applying for British citizenship…

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Fingerprinting at Heathrow Airbus

Fingerprinting at Heathrow

The British government is negotiating with airlines about installing scanners in airports for fingerprinting passengers. According to The Daily Telegraph, discussions began in August, shortly before…

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Where Does an International Student Live? Education

Where Does an International Student Live?

For someone going abroad to study, the question of where to live is no less important than where to study. Whether we are going on a long-term program at a university or just for two weeks at a…

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Christmas Phobias Curiosities

Christmas Phobias

Europe is preparing for Christmas. It is very difficult to describe the atmosphere of pre-Christmas bustle, the special thrilling fever, the anticipation of a miracle (even more acute because…

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Main news of the issue (abroad No. 360) News

Main news of the issue (abroad No. 360)

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Expulsion of a Migrant from Russia Immigration

Expulsion of a Migrant from Russia

There will be no amnesty for illegal immigrants in Russia. This was stated by the head of the Federal Migration Service (FMS) Konstantin Romodanovsky immediately after the roundtable in the State…

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Beneficial vacation in an 'interesting condition' Tourism

Beneficial vacation in an 'interesting condition'

A woman in an 'interesting condition' wants to live a full life. And to go on vacation not only to her dacha, but also to foreign resorts. With the help of the observers of the magazine 'Beach', we…

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Guests put to the language test Education

Guests put to the language test

In June of this year, a twenty-first official language was added to the twenty official languages of the European Union – Gaelic, native to the Irish, but about 200 linguistic minorities remained…

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Passengers Assigned Terrorist Risk Ratings News

Passengers Assigned Terrorist Risk Ratings

Starting this week, according to some sources, all entering the US will be assigned an individual terrorist threat level. US intelligence agencies have been compiling secret dossiers on all entering…

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Main news of the issue (abroad No. 359) News

Main news of the issue (abroad No. 359)

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