Banners for the Korea Grand Sale are put up in Myeongdong, Seoul, Feb. 17. / Korea TimesCity government unveils palns for foreign tourists By Kang Seung-woo In order to put itself on the map as a global tourist destination, the Seoul Metropolitan Government has come up with a fresh tourism ...
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The Broader Regional Meaning of Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov’s Maghreb Tour
At the end of January 2019, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov traveled to the Maghreb, visiting Algeria, Morocco and Tunisia. According to Lavrov’s spokesperson, the trip was conceived to discuss the state of “bilateral relations […] and the regional and international situation” in addition to coordinating “on the settlement of ...
Read More »Europe confronts problem of returning Isis fighters
Shamima Begum left London as a 15-year-old schoolgirl to join Islamic State in Syria. Four years later and with a baby born days ago, she has pleaded to be allowed back to the UK. Her case is emblematic of the security, political and legal difficulties facing a clutch of European ...
Read More »How many IS foreign fighters are left in Iraq and Syria?
Image copyright Reuters Tens of thousands of foreign nationals are believed to have travelled to Syria and neighbouring Iraq to fight for the Islamic State (IS) group. With the end of the IS territorial “caliphate” imminent, the US has led calls to repatriate the hundr of men women and children ...
Read More »UK Paper Says Foreign Airbnb Golden Visa Investors Booting Greek Tenants
Greece’s selling of Golden Visas, giving wealthy foreign investors residency permits and European Union passports, has seen them buying up apartment blocks on the cheap and then turning them into short-rentals after mass evictions, the British newspaper The Telegraph claimed. Greece provides the visas for investments of more than 250,000 ...
Read More »Delhi: Ponty Chadha’s nephew rams Bentley into autorickshaw, foreign tourist dies
After the Bentley rammed into the auto at the traffic signal, it hit a tree and two poles. (Express Photo by Abhinav Saha) A tourist from Turkmenistan died while two others were injured after a Bentley Bentayga rammed into their autorickshaw in New Delhi’s posh Chanakyapuri area on Monday afternoon. ...
Read More »Oman to Advocate for Intensification of Trade, Tourism Ties With Russia – Foreign Minister
Fakhir Rizvi 5 hours ago Mon 18th February 2019 | 03:22 PM Oman will advocate for further development of cooperation with Russia, including the increase in tourism flows and trade, Oman’s Minister Responsible for Foreign Affairs Yusuf bin Alawi bin Abdullah said Monday MOSCOW (UrduPoint News / Sputnik – 18th ...
Read More »Around 26,997,916 domestic & foreign tourists visited Assam since 2014 to 2018: State Tourism Minister
Guwahati: In a reply to the query by Mariani MLA Rupjyoti Kurmi, State Minister of Tourism Chandan Brahma on Monday informed the August house of the Assam Legislative Assembly that from 2014- 2019 around 26, 997,916 National and Foreign Tourists visited the state Assam. While furnishing the details, the Minister ...
Read More »Russia, Ghana preparing for political consultations
Russia and Ghana are preparing to hold the next political consultation possibly in May, and that, would offer the opportunity to substantially review some aspects of current relations especially bilateral economic cooperation between the two countries. An official of the Russian Foreign Ministry confirmed this to the Ghana News Agency ...
Read More »Nasr Missile and Deterrence Stability of South Asia
Despite the attempts of Russian and U.S. sides to find common ground on the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty, it appears that the agreement will cease to exist this year. So what next? Fighting for Opinions Russia has been demonstrating a rather high degree of flexibility of late, including publicly, ...
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