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May24

Most hard-working countries of the world

Forbes magazine has made a rating of the countries, which population spends most of all time for work.
1. South Korea. Quantity of working hours in a year: 2357. Paid holiday: 10 days. State holidays: 11 days. Population: 49,23 million people. Labour: 23,99 million people.
2. Greece. Quantity of working hours in a year: 2052. Paid holiday: [...]

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May22

The hotel on oak has appeared in Sweden

Unusual hotel has appeared in the park of the small Swedish town Vesteros (not far from Stockholm) - it is located on a 130-year-old oak, at height of 13 meters. It is the smallest hotel in the world, equipped with all necessary convenience.
Designer Michael Genberg - the founder of floating hotel Otter Inn on the [...]

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May18

The happiest countries of the world

Internet-portal World Database of Happiness has published results of researches, in which it has named the happiest countries of the world.
Authors of research considered 95 countries. According to the received data, Switzerland and Denmark are the happiest countries of the world. Austria, Iceland, Finland, Australia, Sweden, Canada, Guatemala, Luxembourg, Ireland, Mexico and Norway are following [...]

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Apr28

New York hotel offers rest in style “Sex and the City”

After travel agency in New York, which will organize round in the places connected with a plot of a serial “Sex and the City”, hotel Mandarin Oriental offers the visitors the special package, also devoted to this film. For $1988 tourists can stop for one night at the hotel, to visit places of shootings of [...]

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Apr25

Biometric scanners at the EU airports this summer

This summer in a number of the airports of the world the passport control system, equipped only by scanners (without control service employees) for recognition of biometric data of the air passenger and its overlapping with those in the passport will be already established. , authorities consider that powerful machines will make passport control more [...]

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Apr18

The most severe countries of the world

This year China has reduced number sentenced to death penalty in comparison with 2007, however, all the same China remains the world leader on number of executed people. The Amnesty International group has informed on it in the annual report.
Iran with 377 executions including the person, hammered by stones for matrimonial change is on the [...]

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Apr5

Best underground of the world

At the international conference on underground Metro Rail Conference the underground of the Danish capital has been named the best one in the world.
Concerning the main reasons for the choice experts from New York, Tokyo, London and other cities with the developed system of the underground railway, have named stability, a high level of approval [...]

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Apr1

Best B&B hotels in Venice

The raised tourist interest to Venice allows hoteliers to hold the prices at height. However in this city economic places are also accommodated on water and, of course, B&B (bed and breakfast) hotels concern to them. Of course, here you are not offered 24-hour room-service, but the lodger will receive a room in an apartment [...]

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Mar29

Concern “Airbus” will deliver new planes to Russia and the CIS

In the nearest years West-European aviabuilding company “Airbus” will deliver 111 planes to Russia and the CIS countries. Such information has been given by the vice-president of the company on sales in the Europe, the Central Asia and Pacific region. According to his words only within 2007 “Airbusâ€? has received firm orders for 22 liners [...]

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Mar21

Transparent hotel has been built in Spain

Now owners of restaurant Les Cols Pavellones offer a unique hotel, which basic material is glass. Five magnificent pavilions were placed in territory of family manor of the chief-cooker of the restaurant.
Walls of hotel are absolutely transparent, and transparent room-number is protected from another’s looks by panels of matte glass and metal fence. Suite has [...]

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