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New international-standard foreign passports in Russia

Ukrainian euro-renovation in Moscow

Vyacheslav Zheleznyakov is one of thousands of citizens of former Soviet republics who come to Moscow to earn money. Of the 12 months in a year, he spends 10 in Moscow. Slava is a citizen of Belarus…

Turkey announces new resorts

Turkish Tourism Minister Erkan Momdju announced the start of a government program to develop the resort infrastructure of Tarsus, a city with a population of 250,000, located approximately 200 km…

Germany against sham marriages

German regional law enforcement agencies intend to step up the fight against sham marriages aimed at obtaining residence permits and social benefits.

Bulgarian resorts are preparing to receive tourists

Estonia to ban smoking in public places

The Little Miracle of François Grimaldi

The first settlements on the site of modern Monaco appeared almost 3,000 years ago. At that time the area was called Monoikos. The name may derive from Portus Monoecus, the ancient port of Hercules…

The Ministry of Labor informs

On March 16, 2004, under the chairmanship of Deputy Minister Heorhii Halytsia, a regular meeting of the Commission of the Ministry of Labor and Social Policy of Ukraine on licensing of mediation in…

German border guards are being replaced by video cameras

"Your pupil, please!" - such a phrase will soon become common at border checks. As Vremya Novostey reports, the experimental phase of the project "Automated Border Control with Biometric Support" has…

In Britain, Secretary of State for Immigration has resigned

Under pressure from Conservatives, the Secretary of State for Immigration in the UK government, Beverley Hughes, has resigned, Interfax reports.

Switzerland refuses to introduce EU standards on bank deposit secrecy

While the Swiss government is negotiating with the European Union, defending the inviolability of bank deposit secrecy, a dispute has broken out within the industry itself over the ethics of this…

Ukrainians and Poles can exchange money transfers by mail

From April 1, 2004, structural subdivisions of the Ukrainian state postal enterprise Ukrposhta begin providing a service for sending postal money transfers between Ukraine and Poland in both…