Education · Society

Russia's Ministry of Science and Higher Education announces abandonment of the Bologna system of higher education and a transition of universities to an updated one from 1 September 2026

Under the reform, higher education in Russia will consist of three levels: Basic higher education: study lasts from 5 to 6 years and replaces the bachelor's degree. Specialised higher education: the master's degree, residency or assistantship-internship, lasting from 1 to 3 years. Postgraduate study (aspirantura)

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Russian President Boris Yeltsin Playing Tennis, 1992

NB! · Monarchies · Humour

But Prince Philip understood it all long ago

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Russell Crowe Is Coming to Find Out What on Earth Is Going On Here

NB! · Faith · Observations · Rome · Humour

Another Circus in the Vatican

Another circus in the Vatican. Nothing new.

NB! · Observations · Paris · Humour

As the French actor Ivan Odouard put it, no opinion polls this week: let us try to guess our own true intentions unaided

Cartoon of a bearded man with an angry expression lying in bed under a blanket.

NB! · Observations · Society · Humour

Complaint about prolonged days off and their effect on business activity

Good Lord, it turns out today is still a day off. How much longer? Can anyone explain why there are so many non-working days? It literally paralyses every form of business activity; surely people have rested enough by now?

Art · Books · Observations · Humour

Denizens of Moominvalley, wake up: the holidays are over!

Drawing by Tove Jansson

Monarchies · Society Pages

The King and Queen of Denmark Receive Supreme Court Judges, the Life Guards and the Officer Corps of the Guards Regiment at the New Year Reception at Amalienborg Palace

Frederik X became reigning King of Denmark on 14 January 2024. Only a year has passed since he became head of the Danish state, supreme commander of the armed forces of Denmark and head of the Church of the Danish people.

Books · Mores · Humour

Such are our relations: we are bound to pet them, to love them, to respect them from the heart and, after the custom of the people, to visit them at Christmas or congratulate them by post, so that for the rest of the year they should not think of us... An

Such are our relations: we are bound to pet them, To love them, to respect them from the heart And, after the custom of the people, To visit them at Christmas Or congratulate them by post, So that for the rest of the year They should not think of us.

NB! · Faith · Moscow

Christmas in Moscow

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King Frederik X Alters the Arms of the Kingdom of Denmark in Response to Trump's Remarks about Buying Greenland

The arms of the Faroe Islands, a silver ram, and of Greenland, a silver polar bear, both of which had shared a single field since 1819, now occupy fields of their own. To make room, the three crowned azure lions with hearts had to go, symbolising as they did the

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