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7.1KLifestyle & CultureEurope and beyond: Dispatches’ 2019 list of the best Spring Break, summer destinations
(Editor’s note: If you want your event listed, send the details to: terry@dispatcheseurope.com or cameron@dispatcheseurope.com. Also, see our list of EDM events/parties...
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1.5KLifestyle & CultureBeth Hoke in Passport Purgatory: ‘I feel naked without it, especially when crossing borders’
It’s been 7 days, 1 hour and 23 minutes since I dropped my passport into an envelope addressed to the U.S. Consulate...
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22.0KLifestyle & CultureBrexit buzz (updated): The latest developments as the UK counts down to 31 October
(Editor’s note: Liam Fox infamously said Brexit would be “the easiest negotiation in human history.” Suddenly, 29 March doesn’t mean Brexit. Negotiations...
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1.1KCollaborativeEindhoven Business Briefing: The best of Beyond Tech and lots more news
(Editor’s note: This post will be updated as new video becomes available. We started the Eindhoven Business Briefing in 2017 because we...
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10.0KNews & BuzzThe 2019 Edition (updated): Dispatches’ list of the best startup and tech events across Europe
Dispatches is all about bringing highly skilled internationals together to collaborate on the way to changing the world for the better. (Oh,...
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226Lifestyle & CultureHow the British tabloids caused Brexit and pretty much everything else that’s bad
Did you know that Italy is following the United Kingdom out of the European Union? Whaaat?! You hadn’t read that? Well, it’s...
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5.1KLifestyle & CultureConfessions of a set-jetter (updated): Beth Hoke goes to Croatia in search of ‘Game of Thrones’
(Editor’s note: As “Game of Thrones” wraps up its run as one of the most popular television series of all time, we...
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622News & BuzzHighTechXL’s Beyond Tech: Eindhoven is changing the world … join the movement
(Editor’s note: The old saw is that journalism is the first draft of history. Well, this literally is the first draft, and...
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1.1KNews & BuzzBeth Hoke in Paris: I saw first-hand how the Gilets Jaunes trashed the Champs-Élysées
This past weekend marked the twenty-first weekend of protests in Paris by the movement known as the Gilets Jaunes, or Yellow Vests....
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76.0KExpat EssentialsDomino Effect (updated): How a no-deal Brexit could affect all expats across Europe
(Editor’s note: On 29 March, the original Brexit date, Prime Minister Theresa May’s deal to leave the European Union was voted down for...
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17.9KExpat EssentialsNo deal, no problem (updated): More EU countries guarantee British expats post-Brexit grace periods
(Editor’s note: This isn’t the end of Brexit, but we can see it from here … and it’s not pretty. A leaked European...
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707Expat EssentialsNew for 2019: Dispatches’ always-updated list of the best Dutch music festivals
(Editor’s note: We’ve gotten several emails and FB messages that The Flying Dutch is canceled for 2019 because local officials have stated...
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7.0KLifestyle & CultureNew for 2019: Dispatches’ always-updated list of the best EDM parties and events across Europe
If there’s one thing we’ve learned in the years since establishing Dispatches in the Netherlands, it’s that disco never died in Europe;...
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1.4KExpat EssentialsExpat Essentials: Lynne Evans’s expat guide to moving to Athens
Thinking of moving to Greece? It might be that you have become disillusioned with the country in which you currently live and...
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14.6KExpat EssentialsDIY Expat: Did thieves use CrimeTech to steal our laptop? (updated)
(Editor’s note: This post was updated with new information.) Back in 2017, our car was broken into in a parking garage on...
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6.2KExpat Essentials2019 edition: Dispatches’ list of the five best cities in Europe for expats
We’re posting our 2019 list of the best cities for expats 26 days from what looks like a no-deal Brexit. In the...
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21.0KExpat EssentialsPssst … Italy’s under-the-radar Elective Residence visa lets qualified visitors stay long-term (updated)
(Editor’s note: This post on Italy’s Elective Residence visa was updated on 20 February 2019 with additional information. With less than two...
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7.1KExpat EssentialsPorts in the storm (updated): Dispatches’ list of the 5 best EU countries for British expats in a post-Brexit Europe
(Editor’s note: The original version of this post mentioned the Republic of Ireland as a country to cross off because of the...
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202.5KLifestyle & CultureEurope’s outlet centers (updated): Ultra-luxury at (almost) affordable prices, along with mid-priced brands
(Editor’s note: This list of Europe’s best outlet centers is one of our first – and by far most popular– on Dispatches’s...
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18.4KLifestyle & CultureGetting married in Bulgaria (updated): ‘A wedding like something out of a movie’ … literally
By KALINA VARBANOVA AND TERRY BOYD It’s (finally) summer – that romantic season of summer honeymoons and the start of new lives. Have...
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41.1KExpat EssentialsExpat Essentials: How to shop Amazon’s national sites across Europe (updated)
(Editor’s note: This post has been updated with news about Amazon’s expanded Europe services.) Amazon is the global king of online shopping,...
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38.4KExpat EssentialsBeth Hoke on Schengen (updated): How to stay in Europe (or at least in the area) longer than 90 days
(Editor’s note: This post has been updated with information about the new European Travel Information and Authorisation System, or ETIAS.) It may...
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773.6KLifestyle & CultureEmigrateMe: Norway reaching out to Americans looking for an alternative to Trump madness
A district in Norway is courting Americans in the throes of “anywhere but here” Trump angst, ready and waiting to help them find their...
