All posts tagged "politics"
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12.3KNews & BuzzBrexit Diary: ‘Wait, no one told us that was going to happen’ (Actually, they did)
It’s 2023 and the big news is … Brexit. For all the wrong reasons, one of which being at least some British...
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223News & BuzzTurkey v. Tennessee: Religious extremists took over one; the other not so much
(Editor’s note: This is not meant to be a scientific comparison of Turkey and Tennessee. It’s an on-the-ground, anecdotal opinion post by...
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234News & BuzzJackie Harding: At the seven-year mark, Brexit is a disaster any way you look at it
(Editor’s note: Read more about Brexit here in Dispatches’ archives.) Can you believe it’s been seven years since the United Kingdom made...
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386News & BuzzYes, Italy’s new far-right government is anti-immigrant, but that doesn’t extend to Black Americans
Since last month’s election of Italy’s new prime minister, I’ve been bombarded with questions from folks in the United States. Friends, distant...
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567News & BuzzHappy Fourth of July, expats: America is a modern country doomed by an 18th-century government
Europeans tend to think America defines modernity. Hollywood. New York. Silicon Valley. And it does. Of the world’s 100 most valuable tech...
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509News & BuzzHot summer, hot emotions: Kalina Varbanova in Varna on war and peace in Bulgaria
This story is not about tourist entertainments and attractions, nor about tourism statistics. This is a storyabout war and compassion and human...
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898Expat EssentialsExpats, you’re invited to Eindhoven City Hall on 3 March for a municipal elections debate (in English) on local issues affecting internationals
(Editor’s note: The 3 March debate at Eindhoven City Hall will be in English. The capacity in the common space at the...
