News & Buzz
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4.2KBrett Corbin: How long until Cuba has its first expat enclave?
By BRETT CORBIN Jet Blue Flight 1499 took off from Ft. Lauderdale one day in mid-February and landed in Havana, Cuba 35...
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10.1KExpat Essentials: 10 (sometimes) painful lessons I’ve learned during my year in the Netherlands
I have been in the Netherlands exactly one year today, and even though I’ve spent much of my life in Europe, I’d...
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10.1KUSN&WR: Switzerland tops 2017 ‘Best Countries’ list, with 6 of Top 10 in Europe
It’s that time of year again when those tireless researchers at U.S. News and World Report reveal the best country in the...
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8.7KBeth Hoke in Munich: How Trump’s immigration ban hurts everyone (updated)
(Editor’s note: On Monday, 6 March, President Donald Trump signed a new executive order banning immigration from six predominantly Muslim nations. The new...
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14.1K‘Hedonist in Herzegovina’: The intense pleasure of being an expat in your own country
When I was studying civil engineering in Graz, Austria I always joked that Bosnia and Herzegovina does not have up-to-date roads and...
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10.0KScuba Junkie! A quick stop in Singapore, then diving adventures on Mabul Island, Malaysia
(Editor’s note: This post is part of a continuing series documenting Mike Egger’s global adventures from Tanzania to Uzbekistan. You can see his recent post...
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7.0KExpat Essentials: Dispatches’ guide to international schools in Rome, Pt. 3
As we’ve said ever since starting this series, one of the bigger challenges for English-speaking expat families – even for well-paid corporate...
