Expat Essentials
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110Moriah Costa: My quick and easy guide to changing residency permit rules in France
Immigrating to France has never been easy. Between the language barrier, high rent /housing costs and struggle to get an appointment at...
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63.8KExpat Essentials: 1 euro deals on homes are attracting people back to Europe’s abandoned villages (updated)
(Editor’s note: Selling houses for a symbolic amount – 1 euro – to counter population decline in rural towns and villages is...
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115Expat Essentials: Dispatches’ guide compendium of Europe’s international schools, pt. 2
Almost since we started Dispatches Europe, one of the biggest undertakings we’ve committed to delivering to our readers, especially those with school-age...
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158Beyond the obvious: Grocery shopping in Lisbon for fabulous food … and a cultural experience
In Portuguese, when something is yummy, you say, “soube-me a pato” — literally, “it tastes like duck!” A rather expensive and not-so-frequent...
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1.1KEurope pivoting to attract American researchers and scientists fleeing Trump (updated)
(Editor’s note: This post on Europe recruiting American scientists and researchers was posted originally as part of Dispatches’ Tech Tuesday series. It...
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137Oxana Skibun: King’s Day for non-party people, a guide to free markets
When you hear “King’s Day” in the Netherlands, you instantly imagine wild street parties and city canals drowning in orange — a...
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119Freelancing in Belgium, Pt. 2: Dealing with new rules and new invoicing systems
(Editor’s note: This is Pt. 2 in a two-part series on freelancing in Belgium. You can jump to Pt. 1 here.) Recently,...
