An information and analytics digest for everyone going abroad or staying home

All news

Fresh articles from every rubric — newest first.

Education

US State Department Simplifies Exchange for Foreign Students

Starting July 21, new immigration rules will take effect, allowing foreign students to come to the US on exchange programs for up to 12 months.

269
Airbus

Airlines Reduce Number of Flights

Two major European airlines – British Airways and Ryanair – have announced that they will reduce the number of flights in the very near future. This measure is intended to reduce costs, which are…

267
Work

Germany simplifies admission of foreign specialists

The German Federal Government at a meeting in Berlin on Wednesday, July 16, supported a program to simplify the rules for inviting foreign specialists to work in Germany. Thus, the cabinet responded…

195
Airbus

Air France and KLM increase fuel surcharge

Airlines Air France and KLM have increased the fuel surcharge on all their flights as of July 10. Both companies raised the surcharge by €4 per flight segment on European routes, by €10 on long-haul…

254
Tourism

Umbrellas and tripods banned at Beijing Olympics

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…

256
Real estate

Finnish real estate popular among foreigners

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).

204
Everyday life

Warsaw tightens smoking law

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).

284
Integration

Macedonia: A Nameless Kingdom

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…

290
Real estate

Florida – the best time to buy?

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…

251
Tourism

About Prague, the Monster, and Tourists

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.

217
Real estate

The Modern Robinsonade of Millionaires

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…

205
Everyday life

Pubs for Scottish teenagers

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.

167