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Tourism

Mini-hotels of St. Petersburg to be classified

Given the size and small room stock, the classification system for mini-hotels differs from the conventional star-rating system applied to large hotels. Therefore, for a specific, familiar category…

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Tourism

Lukashenko's Nostalgic Tourism

From July, all Belarusian tour firms will be obliged to engage in inbound and domestic tourism. Failure to comply with this requirement, which applies to foreign and joint enterprises, will result in…

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Education

Dropouts by Choice

Almost half of Berlin university students - about 150,000 people - dropped out of their studies this year. This statement was made by German finance senator Thilo Sarrazin. However, his concern is…

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Education

Knowledge Is Not Given — Knowledge Is Taken

Rector of the National Academy of Management Sergey Yerokhin on the vector of Ukrainian higher education.

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Everyday life

Europe continues its fight against smoking

Starting in January, the Czech Republic will join the ranks of countries where smoking is banned in public places. In addition, under a law adopted by the lower house of the Czech parliament…

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News

Russia is shrinking every hour

Over four months since the start of 2005, Russia's population has decreased by 286,600 people, and over the last 3.5 years - by 2 million. As demographers believe, Russia's extinction process will…

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Immigration

Britain criticized over refugees

The human rights organization Amnesty International claims that by placing asylum seekers in special centers, the British government violates the law. According to the organization's estimates, about…

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Integration

European Lessons of Latvia

The first of May last year, when Latvia became an official member of the EU, undoubtedly marked a serious milestone in the country's history, but at the same time did not become a "leap moment" for…

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Immigration

Universal Embassy for Illegal Immigrants

In one of Brussels' prestigious diplomatic quarters, squatters have appeared. As is the quarter, so are the squatters: four years ago, in the building of the former Somali embassy, which had been…

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Integration

European Union Residents: An Inside View

Most citizens of the European Union are satisfied with life, although they are also concerned about the situation in their own country. They believe that they have quite a lot of freedoms and that…

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News

Main news of the issue (Abroad No. 284)

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Sport

Dzhigit, Footballer and Publisher

Sometimes you catch yourself thinking that the attitude towards Kakha Kaladze is almost the same as towards Andriy Shevchenko. Although Kakha is Georgian, and Andriy is one of us, a Ukrainian. In any…

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