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Tourism

Fireworks of Flowers and Carnivals

Europe welcomes summer with carnivals, flower parades, music festivals, dances, puppet shows, and fireworks. It will be interesting, fun, and noisy. And more about these and other May events - in the…

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Immigration

Number of refugees reaches record level

More than 26 million people became internally displaced last year, Reuters reported, citing data from the annual report of the human rights organization Norwegian Refugee Council, commissioned by the…

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Education

Knowledge of Russian language to be confirmed by certificate

For foreigners studying Russian abroad, a certification similar to TOEFL will be introduced, RIA Novosti reports citing representatives of the Russian Center for International Scientific and Cultural…

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Tourism

Don't Swim to the Ice Floes!

In the coming decades, the Mediterranean, as well as Turkey and Egypt, which are favorites of our compatriots, will become unsuitable for tourism due to global warming.

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Visas

Japan to issue five-year visas to foreigners

Japan's Ministry of Justice has submitted to the government a number of proposals to change the country's immigration policy, one of which would issue foreigners visas valid for five years. As RIA…

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Work

Ministry of Labor and Social Policy informs

Mechanism for obtaining a license for mediation in employment abroad.

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Education

Student internships abroad

Student internships abroad

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Immigration

Number of Ukrainian Refugees Decreasing

According to the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, which published the report 'Levels and Trends of Asylum Applications in Industrialized Countries-2007', last year 18,800 Russian citizens (mostly…

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Tourism

How to save in Europe with a 'card'

You can travel economically. Especially if you wisely use various discounts and bonuses for tourists. For example, as Turist.ru notes, a 'guest card' can be purchased in almost any major European…

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Everyday life

Medical Drugs Not Compatible with Sharia

A Dubai court sentenced a 40-year-old Russian to life imprisonment (which is 25 years under UAE law) and a fine of 50,000 dirhams ($13,600) for importing diazepam, phenobarbital, and many other…

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Auto tour

Speed limits introduced on German autobahns

On the autobahns of the German federal state of Bremen, whose total length does not exceed 60 km, a speed limit has been introduced for the first time in the history of modern Germany. From now on…

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Tourism

Global tourism expects temporary downturn

According to the World Travel Monitor study, Europeans made 407 million foreign trips in 2007 (5% more than the previous year), spending 3.9 billion nights abroad. Total spending on travel to other…

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