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Scottish authorities are planning to allure tourists by setting beavers free. For the first time over 500 years - since the hunters have extinguished them completely - these animals will appear in Scotland in wilderness.

The Wildlife Protection fund and Royal Zoological Society support the construction project of the system of underground irrigation, which will create the best living environment for beavers.

About 20 beavers will be let out at the first stage of realization of the program.

German railways (DB) have demanded from their second-class passengers under no circumstances to enter the first-class cars. This demand also spreads on boarding and alighting the train. It is a wide practice among second-class passengers to board the train through the first-class cars when the train’s stop is short and there is a dense crowd near the door. Now the railway strives to shut off this path. The innovation caused passengers’ exasperation and incomprehension.

German railway employees have always observed strictly the “class segregation” - for example there were cases when they demanded extra charge from second-class passengers, who boarded first-class car by mistake. Now they start a new program at the DB that is oriented to the perfection of services for the first-class passengers; in particular, beginning from autumn they are offered free snacks, drinks and press. That is why railway intends to make sure that no outside passengers will get in the first-class cars.

On December 21 Slovakia, Slovenia, Poland, Czech Republic, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia and Malta will enter the visa-free zone. This day all the barriers on the marine and land boundaries will be triumphantly taken off - the examination of documents on the most of the checkpoints will be abolished.

The owners of Schengen visas will have the possibility to cross the boundaries of these countries without the additional preparation of documents; for the local residents the civil passport would be enough. Border control in the airports will be abolished this spring. The decision of enlargement of Shengen was approved by European Parliament on December 15.