All posts tagged "politics"
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712News & BuzzA Dutch ‘Christmas Carol’: Will the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come haunt the Netherlands?
(Editor’s note: Dispatches, based in the Netherlands, is dedicated to the free movement of people, which we believe is a human right.)...
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856News & BuzzEBB: Geert Wilders is bad news for expats … and the Dutch economy
(Editor’s note: We’re dedicating this installment of the Eindhoven Business Briefing to the ramifications of the Geert Wilders victory in the Dutch...
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758News & BuzzThe long ‘hello’: Spain’s tortuous road to a new president
(Editor’s note: Spain is one of the most popular destinations for expats, both Americans and British. But Spanish parliamentary politics are, well,...
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1.0KNews & 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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916News & 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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1.0KNews & 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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1.2KNews & 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...
