All posts tagged "France"
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9.7KLifestyle & CultureStephen Heiner: The ‘Old Normal’ is alive and well in Paris as freedom of movement returns
(Editor’s note: This was originally posted on Front Porch Republic. It is reposted here with the permission of the author. The views expressed...
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6.0KLifestyle & CultureCum laude or clown? Dispatches’ post-pandemic report card for Europe’s leaders
A pandemic is a terrific test of which countries are high-functioning societies and which are dysfunctional. Which elected officials are leaders and...
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10.6KLifestyle & CultureUlrike Lemmin-Woolfrey in Paris: ‘Vacation’ is just an excuse to scout out my next expat destination
Once upon a time, when I still travelled normally (when I still travelled!), I did things everybody does on holiday: I went...
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3.2KBusinessSave Our Startups: Countries across Europe are creating, expanding emergency funding programs for startups hit by coronavirus
(Editor’s note: This post on coronavirus emergency funding programs for small businesses and startups is the second in a series. See Stephen Heiner’s...
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3.3KLifestyle & CultureStephen Heiner in Paris: Cracks in the quarantine as Parisians were paid to behave
(Editor’s note: France began lifting its coronavirus quarantine on Monday, 11 May after an eight-week lockdown.) Two weekends ago the weather was...
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2.8KCollaborativeStephen Heiner in Paris: Coronavirus financial aid for small businesses arrives
(Editor’s note: This post on coronavirus aid for small businesses and startups is the first in a series.) This is the time...
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3.4KExpat EssentialsUlrike Lemmin-Woolfrey in Paris: A serial expat rates life in seven countries, three continents and two hemispheres
As I sit under lockdown in Paris, I was supposed to be contemplating a potential international move. After all, with Fernweh (wanderlust)...
