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Spectators at the Summer Olympics in Beijing will not be allowed to open umbrellas or bring camera tripods into stadium stands. This was announced on Monday, July 14, by Zhang Zhenliang, a spokesman…
More than half of real estate transactions in Finland in 2008 were made by foreigners. This is reported by the newspaper Helsinkitimes citing data from the Institute for Real Estate Economics (IREE).
Starting September 1, Warsaw bans smoking at bus and tram stops. The new law also applies to the city's playgrounds. Violators will have to pay a fine of 500 zlotys (?152).
Alexander the Great, whose name is now borne by two European regions, clearly did not divide the inhabitants of the Balkan Peninsula into Yugoslavs and Greeks. Perhaps because the former – as a…
Recently, only the laziest haven't written about the mortgage crisis in the US. However, with rare exceptions, all these materials describe the situation in the US only in dark tones. But it turns…
There is one episode in the life of Prague and its inhabitants that is never written about in guidebooks or told on tours. This is the story of Jozhin from the Swamps, in Czech – Jozhin z bahen.
Daniel Defoe landed Robinson on a deserted island, which the book's main character perceived as a punishment from above. Today, for many, solitude seems not a punishment, but a reward for the daily…
The Scottish Parliament plans to raise the age threshold at which young people are allowed to buy alcoholic beverages in supermarkets from 18 to 21.
In the first six months of this year, 25 airlines worldwide were forced to suspend operations or declared bankrupt due to a sharp rise in fuel prices.
The Austrian parliament has tightened the law regulating smoking in catering establishments.
European hotels have begun to massively cut prices for the summer period out of fear of losing customers. The booking website HotelConnect notes that about 50% of partner hotels have offered room…
The Netherlands followed the example of the UK and introduced a so-called environmental fee for each air passenger. The fee is collected from every traveler departing the country and is €11.25 for…