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Curiosities
Recently the whole planet celebrated World Languages Day. The BBC prepared a brief guide to the most capacious words from around the world for the occasion. They were collected in one book by writer…
Tourism
In the beginning was the word. No, I did not dare to utter it — even coming from professionals, it sounded as if a cold-stricken rooster, slightly strangled, had been forced to announce the arrival…
Sport
In October, two major events are expected in the world of high-performance sports: the determination of almost all finalists of the FIFA World Cup, which will take place in Germany in the summer of…
Tourism
People go abroad not only to see architectural monuments and try local beer. Recently, among tourists there are more and more lovers of active recreation. About where best to dive, hike and fly - in…
Tourism
The Russian Federal Agency for Tourism has summed up preliminary results of the classification of hotels by their 'star' level. The system is adapted to Russian conditions, and about twenty hotels…
Tourism
Frequent visitors to Germany know the design of this plate well: a small cast copper-colored rectangle. At the top are from one to five stars, and on the left is a circle with the abbreviation…
News
President of Ukraine Viktor Yushchenko changed the standard for placing information in passports of Ukrainian citizens issued for travel abroad, and approved the application of a chip with the data…
Immigration
The US State Department has published the rules for the Green Card visa lottery - DV-2007. Despite the fact that representatives of the US Congress subcommittee on immigration affairs criticize this…
News
Sport
Where there is excitement and money, there are fraudsters. And when the outcome of a competition depends on fate, there will always be people ready to take on the role of Themis. So it is not…
Work
The European Union's labor market is currently in a rather difficult situation due to the accelerating processes of population aging and declining natural increase rates. It is quite obvious that…
Everyday life
Afanasy Nikitin went beyond three seas, marveled at the mysterious Land of Elephants, and having returned, began to live happily in his native land. Anna Smirnova was captivated by India as a…