Category: United Kingdom

The interaction between government and business is carried out primarily through the unions of entrepreneurs. In 2001, there were 192 business organizations in the country. The most influential of them is the Confederation of British Industry (CBI). Expresses the interests of approx. 200 thousand firms – from the largest TNCs to small companies. They employ…

For a person traveling to the UK, it is important to carry a complete set of documents that are necessary to cross border control and check into a hotel without any problems: a foreign passport with a pre-opened visa to the UK, a voucher for services and a hotel (or proof of paid hotel accommodation),…

The vocation to trade is fundamental in the history of the United Kingdom. A tradition that has reached its heights over the course of the century. XVIII and XIX with the development of the great merchant companies (East India Company and Hudson’s Bay Company), colonial expansion and the establishment of the Empire. The preferential ties…

Great Britain and Northern Ireland have neither a codified constitution nor a constitutional law of higher rank than ordinary statute law. The constitutional order is largely based on unwritten law (Common Law) or on individual laws, including Magna Charta Libertatum (1215), Petition of Right (1628), Habeas Corpus Act (1679), Bill of Rights (1689), Act of…

Everyday life in the UK: everything a little different In Great Britain everything is a little different from ours. The cars drive on the left and the steering wheel in the cars is of course also on the other side. If you want to cross the street, you have to look to the right first….

London is flooded with exciting sights, cultural experiences, food from all corners of the world, nightlife and all the other life has to offer. The city is among the most visited destinations, and a preferred city break among many Norwegians. For us, it is easy to get to the world metropolis, with frequent flights from…

The large Channel Islands Jersey and Guernsey and the smaller islands Sark and Herm score with cliffs, great beaches and romantic cultural and park landscapes, but also with pretty towns, old lighthouses and prehistoric passage graves. Our TOP 10 sights on the Channel Islands tell you what you should definitely see. 10TH PLACE: JERSEY ZOO The…

British mass media includes a number of newspapers, the oldest founded as early as the 18th century. From the mid-1990’s circulation trends in the British press have been negative. As elsewhere, of course, online newspapers are the strongest competitor of the paper newspapers and many online editions now take online subscription fees because of the…

Literature See also Ireland (Literature) and Scotland (Literature). The Ancient English Period (to about 1100) The emergence of a literature was favored by the narrative heritage brought by the Germanic peoples to England in the 14th century, but also by the early founding monasteries and by the bards, “scops”, who recited poems at various kings…

On April 5, 1955 Churchill resigned and premier became A. Eden who called the elections for the following May. The conservatives, having regained the majority, immediately had to block the industrial recession and the sharp drop in the pound, resorting to a very strong loan from the International Monetary Fund. According to Abbreviationfinder, an acronym…