Expat Essentials
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11.3KExpat Essentials: The latest on what countries across Europe are doing to stop the coronavirus pandemic (updated)
(Editor’s note: We’re closing out this post for two reasons. The first is, most countries in Europe are recovering swiftly from the...
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1.5KExpat Essentials: New Splitcha app will let you shop online in any country
Okay, the pandemic has you trapped in a country far from home and you’re running out of stuff. The stores are closed....
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2.4KLives locked down: Seven expats in Portugal share personal stories from the pandemic
With the spread of the coronavirus around the world, many of us are dealing with complicated circumstances, including those who are far...
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4.9KExpats in Spain: Will they stay or leave the country once the Covid-19 pandemic is over?
According to the latest statistic I could find which dates from 2018, approximately 300,000 British expats reside in Spain. The total number...
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6.0KJackie Harding: Trapped by coronavirus? Escape to a world of virtual entertainment
(Editor’s note: Dispatches isn’t posting travel pieces during the pandemic, because there are few places now for expats in Europe to go...
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4.7KDespite ‘challenging’ bureaucracy, laid-back Portugal is coping quickly with coronavirus
At the time of posting, there are 7,443 confirmed cases of coronavirus in Portugal. That’s a lot for a small country of...
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2.0KInka Piegsa-Quischotte in Spain: What it’s like living under lockdown in a small seaside resort
(Editor’s note: See our post here documenting what Spain and other countries are doing to stop the coronavirus.) It’s been 10 days...
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1.8KCoronavirus: Austria errs on the side of caution, restricting public life while expanding medical facilities
(Editor’s note: This post about how Austria is dealing with the coronavirus pandemic was written by Terry Boyd with contributions from expats...
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2.8KABN AMRO is the financial ‘port in the storm’ for British expats moving to the Netherlands
(Editor’s note: Jackie Harding is a British-born journalist and photographer and an ABN AMRO client.) Moving to a foreign country is overwhelming...
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13.5KPost-Brexit edition: Dispatches’ 2020 list of Europe’s 5 best cities for expats
For expats, there was Europe before Brexit and coronavirus and there’s Europe after Brexit and coronavirus, and they’re two very different places....
