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In Moldova, you can get married in any language

Starting Monday, civil status acts in Moldova can be issued not only in Moldovan, but also in other languages. The republic's parliament granted this right to the divisions of the Main Directorate of…

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Czech Republic expects more tourists

More tourists will come to the Czech Republic this summer than last year. Some analysts have come forward with this optimistic forecast, according to Radio Prague.

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Immigration

Poland will provide illegal immigrants with additional camps

Poland intends to build four new centers for refugees and illegal migrants on the eastern border, who enter the country through the eastern borders. The government in Warsaw hopes for support from…

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American pilots armed

American pilots on domestic flights are now allowed to go on duty armed. This measure, as BBC reminds, was proposed after the attacks of September 11, 2001 and should help prevent attempts by…

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Immigration

Fewer refugees in the Czech Republic

Last year, 8,480 people applied for asylum in the Czech Republic. This is half as many as in 2001 (when 18,094 such applications were filed).

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Aeroflot Will Keep the Hammer and Sickle

Russia's oldest airline intends to keep the hammer and sickle on its emblem, despite the fact that earlier the management planned to abandon communist symbols in order to refresh the company's image.

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Tourism

And magnolias have bloomed in Switzerland

The blooming of pink magnolias in mountainous Switzerland, abounding in resorts, is nothing other than a sign of the end of the winter resort season. Just a couple of weeks ago, one could go down…

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Terrorists Declare Spain a 'Hot Spot'

The Basque terrorist group ETA is planning to carry out a series of terrorist attacks next summer in resort areas of Spain in order to frighten foreigners and thereby harm tourism as the leading…

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Tourism

Where to go this May

In May, Europe welcomes the arrival of summer: Holland makes sand sculptures, Italy dries oars, Spain stages a horse extravaganza, and France watches films and remembers Fellini. Gazeta.Ru presents…

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Immigration

Israel's immigration policy will become less strict

Israel's Minister of Interior Avraham Poraz is pursuing a new policy regarding the determination of the status of foreign citizens who express a desire to live in Israel.

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Everyday life

The Upbringing and Education of a Bourgeois Minor

Cinema and the Germans, the Americans, and so on. In Soviet times we experienced an information famine: we pounced on Hollywood blockbusters as if they were exotic fruit; envied the foreign viewer…

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Immigration

How many foreigners are there in Germany?

German statistics know a lot, but not everything. In particular, it does not divide German citizens into people of German and non-German origin. In the passport (or more precisely, in the identity…

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