"Card" Primer
Plastic payment cards could be called "electronic checks". They are based on the same preliminary cash deposits in a bank and subsequent issuance of a plastic payment card.
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Education
What do students in Germany live on?
Germany does everything to ensure that education is accessible to every young person who strives for success. Scholarships for foreign students are paid by various foundations.
Visas
Schengen Not for Everyone
“I want to go to Germany. I heard that getting a visa to this country is very difficult. Can I get a Schengen visa, for example, at the more lenient Finnish embassy – isn't Europe unified now?” Pavel…
Tourism
Cruise – and a Sea of Happiness
They say that those who have been on a cruise at least once can no longer relax in any other way. Sea waves wash away fatigue, a kaleidoscope of cities and countries gives impressions for a lifetime.
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Immigration
"Language" Problem of Immigrants to Germany
Lately, we have been approached very often by clients interested in the issue of the "language" test conducted at the embassies of the Federal Republic of Germany in the CIS countries.
Immigration
Becoming a Russian will be more difficult
Russian President Vladimir Putin submitted to the State Duma a draft federal law 'On Citizenship of the Russian Federation.' If it is adopted, becoming a citizen of Russia will become more difficult.
Tourism
What the new season in Greece has in store
Alexis Hatzis, advisor to the Embassy of Greece in Russia, director of the representative office of the Greek National Tourism Organization at the Embassy of Greece in the Russian Federation and the…
Curiosities
All the Charms of American Justice
Sometimes the most unexpected laws have been preserved in many US states from time immemorial. Of course, at one time they did not seem so absurd and there were some valid reasons for their adoption…
Visas
It Can't Get Any Worse
It is expected that after the accession of five new members to the Schengen Area on March 25 of this year, border control between these countries and the states that previously joined the Schengen…
News
Almost an Armenian joke: three years of life at the airport
For three years now, an Armenian citizen has been in immigration quarantine at Jakarta's international airport.
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Immigration
Ethnic German: a stranger among strangers, a stranger among his own
I have an old school friend, a friendship that has bound us for more than twenty years. I remember when we got our first passports, he told me that at the passport office he hid the fact that he is…
Law zone
Cheat, and You'll Get Away with It
There are different kinds of zones. And it turns out there are even zones that people are eager to get into. In this case, we are talking about the Schengen Zone. For those who have not been there…
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