The UK's EU referendum. Brexit or stay in?

After Greece has failed to claim their independence from the EU currency, another problem has emerged: the United Kingdom wants to leave the EU. The secession of the United Kingdom from the European Union, often shortened to Brexit will have consequences not only for the island nation: the whole world...

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G7: Anti-russian rhetoric continues

    On the 26th of May 2016 the two-day annual G7 summit has taken place in Japan. Among the attendants there were the leaders of Germany, France, Italy, UK, USA, Canada and Japan. All these countries imposed economic sanctions in 2014 when the Crimea had been annexed. Russia was suspended...

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Automobile industry crisis in Russia: the brands we have lost

What's happened to car sales in Russia?      It's an open secret that Russia's economy has been passing through the tough times since the sanctions were imposed and oil prices dropped. The overall decline of economy in 2015 is 3,6% (acc. to official stats). Russian currency devalued...

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Uber versus government. What will win?

What is Uber? Being founded in 2009, after 6 years of expansion, Uber application has become one of the major world taxi providers. The principal distinction from traditional taxi drivers and taxi companies is that Uber mobile app allows consumers with smartphones to submit a trip request...

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Is Schengen zone agreement under a threat and will soon disappear?

Firstly signed by Benelux countries (Belgium, The Netherlands, Luxemburg, West Germany and France) in 1985, now Schengen Area consist of 26 (2015) countries covering almost 3/4 of all European Union's territory. The chronology of members (sorted by date of implementation): 1995: Spain...

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A nightmare for women in Cologne, Germany

         As Russian TV channels are broadly observing the situation in Cologne, Germany, russian people are deeply concerned by the behaviour of men tried to abuse german women on New Year's Eve. It's seems like the nightmare when you're out in street celebrating and then someone...

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Public Relations Trends: Understanding the Profession and Practice

Hello and welcome again. Here's my new work for coursera.org MOOC. I want to share it with you 1. Please look up media references to Public Relations in the country where you are currently residing. What is the term used to refer to Public Relations in the media? (5 points) As I live and study...

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