Visas
From Monday, April 6, the UK has increased the fee for processing a tourist visa. In addition, a new medical surcharge is introduced for holders of long-term visas. As the country's Foreign Ministry…
Visas
The UK is once again changing its visa rules. At the same time, alongside simplifying the visa application process, London is introducing more and more additional document requirements. The latest…
Education
In March last year, the British Council, English UK and Quality English, the Association of Quality English Language Schools, organized a press tour during which we visited two language schools in…
Personal experience
To acquire a car in almost any part of the world, you don't need much time. A driving licence is a different matter. As Rockefeller asserts, you cannot get one outside your own country so easily.
Gourmet guide
In the world of elite alcohol, whiskey does not occupy the most honorable place, yielding the pedestal steps to wines and cognacs. However, it has no fewer adherents. There are magazines devoted only…
Curiosities
Raising neighbors is a matter of state importance. British Interior Minister David Blunkett has made an unusual proposal. He supported the idea of establishing mandatory courses for dysfunctional…
Sport
“Wow! Russia-Kalinka-Abramovich!” - the disciplined driver of a London black cab, learning that I had just arrived from Moscow, nearly swerved into oncoming traffic out of sheer emotion. My…
Education
The unrealized performance of many compatriots - Oxford, an English lawn and the charming phrase 'The Thames, sir!' instead of the native 'The village of Gadyukino has been washed away.' True, having…
Immigration
Fraudsters who arrange jobs for illegal immigrants in Britain use the classified sections of Russian-language newspapers and the shop windows of London shops selling 'Russian food'. This is the…
Tourism
To learn everything about London, it would take years. But, as Voyage and Leisure notes, that is no reason to put off getting acquainted with the British capital.
Immigration
Britain is seeing heated debate over whether the country will face an influx of immigrants in May 2004 after the European Union's enlargement. Almost all other EU countries have already prepared for…
Education
I live opposite a primary school - children from five to 11 years old attend it - and five days a week, around eight in the morning, the space outside my windows fills with children's squeals and…