Tag Archives: Russia
No Country for Young Oligarchs
CAMBRIDGE – Mikhail Prokhorov, the owner of gold mines in Siberia and a professional basketball team in the United States, is one of Russia’s richest men, with a… Read more
UK student tuition fees ‘third highest in the world’
Figures show that undergraduates in just two other countries – the United States and Korea – currently pay more for a degree than in the UK. Data from… Read more
UK primary class sizes ‘among biggest in the world’
Figures published today show that under-11s in the UK are placed in bigger lessons than in most other countries, including Mexico, Poland, Slovenia, Estonia and Russia. According to… Read more
Racism on the rise in Europe
Heinz-Christian Strache, the head of the Freedom Party of Austria, ran a highly xenophobic campaign in 2008, describing women in Islamic dress as “female ninjas” [EPA] In Norway, England,… Read more
The Baltic miracle continues
The economies of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania surge ahead 20 years after their independence from the Soviet Union. TALLINN, Estonia — This corner of the European Union is an exception… Read more
