The editors of Newsweek have chosen Finland as the best country of the world. On the second and third places are Sweden and Switzerland. The other countries in the top ten are Australia, Luxemburg, Norway, Canada, Netherlands, Japan and Denmark. The USA is on the 11th place, Russia on 51th. The worst are Burkina Faso, Nigeria and Cameroon.Для того ( Read more... )

This map (see the clickable version) shows murder rates per 100,000 population around the world. Some country data: Columbia 61.10, Russia 29.70, USA 5.62, Canada 1.86, EU from 0.53 to 3.10. Finland's rate (2.13) is the highest among the Nordic countries. The world's average is 9.61.


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Копенгаген - один из самых велосипедных городов мира. Велосипедные дорожки здесь отделены от автомобильной части улиц. Планировка новых районов обязательно включает дорожки и стоянки для велосипедов. Цель города - к 2015 году довести долю велосипеда среди всех поездок горожан до 50%.

Copenhagen is one of the best bicycle cities in the world - but ( Read more... )

Ведомство по делам иностранцев Дании прислало по моему запросу условия для получения ПМЖ в этой стране. Знает ли кто-либо из моих френдов, какие правила существуют в других странах ЕС/ЕЭП?

Here are the conditions for obtaining permanent residence in Denmark. Do any of my LJ friends know about PR rules in other EU/EEA countries?

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You can do it on FreeRice.com. For each correct answer you earn 20 grains of rice, which goes to feed the hungry. The site automatically adjusts to your level of vocabulary.

Also you can see how much your country has promised to help the Third World and how much it is helping in realityRussia is not in the list of donors, and I am not surprised ( Read more... )

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