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November 17, 2018
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What is Francophonie?

Anyone who has lived some time in Quebec or perhaps spent time in some other French-speaking country would run into the term ‘Francophonie.’ ‘Francophonie’ means French-speaking quality. However, most people incorrectly assume it to be the Organisation internationale de la francophonie which is also called La Francophonie sometimes. The term designates a quality score of […]

October 28, 2018
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Language Requirements for Doing Business in Belgium

Brussels is the capital of Belgium and has for a very long time had French and Dutch as its official languages. That said according to a study published by the Flemish University of Brussels, there are 104 languages spoken in the country. According to the census and various other studies, it is mostly agreed that Brussels consists […]

Focus on Germanic Languages and Cultures

German is the predominant and the officially spoken language of Germany. However, it is just one of the 23 other official languages within the EU. Yet makes up one of the three working languages of the EC (European Commission), alongside French and English. The Derivation of Germanic Languages The standard form of spoken German is […]

Focus on Korea – What it Means to Live and do Business in Korea?

Korea was divided into two distinct sovereign states back in 1945. North Korea is officially called the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea. South Korea is referred to as the Republic of Korea. Korean happens to be the national language of both North and South Korea. Modern Korean Script Modern Korean is written in alphabets called […]

February 22, 2018
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Do you speak Welsh?

Welsh belongs to the Celtic line of languages and is spoken natively in Wales. In addition, it is also spoken in Y Wladfa and England. It was called Cambrian, Cymric, and Cambric in English. The language dates to as far back as the 6th century and was an offshoot of three different languages like English, […]

February 8, 2018
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Defining French Cultural Singularity?

The French Cultural Singularity may often be referred to as individuality as it is defined as the ability for the French Culture to be impervious to change which makes it unique. However, globalization threatens many of the world’s cultures including those of France which have developed and endured hundreds of years’ worth of changes. The […]

January 22, 2018
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What Foreign Businesses Should Know About the Balkan Market

The World Bank recently ranked the Balkans, i.e. Kosovo, Bulgaria, Serbia, Romania, and Macedonia amongst the top 50 countries to do business in their Business Report of the World Bank 2018. Amongst these countries, Macedonia is ranked 11th which is the highest amongst 190 global economies in terms of quality and ease of doing business. But what […]

Regional Languages of Europe

Though estimations vary but there are around 225 indigenous European languages spoken in Europe today. However, out of the estimated 225, only five languages are spoken by the majority of Europeans. English, Russian, Italian, French and German are the most widely spoken European languages. Though many countries on the continent operate with several different languages. […]

September 29, 2017
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Culture of India

The All World Gayatri Pariwar (AWGP) terms the culture of India as the first supreme culture of the world. While that statement is arguably audacious, research and a significant body of evidence show that the culture is in fact over 4,500 years old making it one of the world’s oldest civilizations. India was one out […]

Slavic Languages & Cultures

Slavic Languages have evolved over the period of what’s estimated by many experts as over two thousand years. Much of what is labeled as Eastern Europe and Russia today was and is home to Slavic Languages. Slavic languages consist of primarily Russian, Belorussian, Ukrainian in the East, with Slovak, Polish and Czech in the West, […]

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