3 hours ago by Jon Clarke Editor

SPAIN’S longest-established British newspaper correspondent has called for an MP for the Costas. Giles Tremlett, who has been the Guardian’s man in Madrid for 20 years, has suggested Britain should follow France in introducing expatriate seats into its parliament. Although Britons in Spain still hav ...

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23 hours ago by Xiao Qiang

From Portrait of an LBX blog, written by Evan Villarrubia: We met Mr. Fu by pure happenstance in front of a little store outside his family’s colossal home in the mountain village of Fangshan, Zhejiang (浙江省芳山村). Standing near 5′4″ (1.63 meters), a little round in the middle, wearing a modest suit of ...

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2 days ago by andrew

You know the confession game; the sort of thing you might get on radio. Phone us now with one thing you have never done that mostly all adults would have been expected to have done. Never driven a car!? Never been to a pub!? Never watched X Factor!? I cannot claim any of the above, but there is one ...

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2 days ago by andrew

You know the confession game; the sort of thing you might get on radio. Phone us now with one thing you have never done that mostly all adults would have been expected to have done. Never driven a car!? Never been to a pub!? Never watched X Factor!? I cannot claim any of the above, but there is one ...

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3 days ago by Martin in Bulgaria

I bumped into a couple of expatriates the other day and just couldn’t avoid it. Normally this doesn’t happen as if a see an expat or expat couple I just keep my mouth shut and like ships in the night that pass by unnoticed. This normally happens in supermarkets where expatriates normally shop, I kno ...

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4 days ago by Deacon Jim

Our ancestors came here, the golden shores of America, their grandchildren and great-grandchildren are heading out. From USA Today: More U.S. job hunters look for work in other countries Here’s one way to deal with the brutal U.S. job market: Leave the country. With the nation’s unemployment rate at ...

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6 days ago by Adam

After going to bed at 2:30, I woke up what would normally be late for me, but in this case was actually early—something like 8 or 8:30; I’m not really sure what time, I just woke up feeling incredibly refreshed and listening to two people being quiet: Mrs. Letters Home and the little red-haired girl ...

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6 days ago by Ivan

Salaries are still rising, especially in Wellington, in a survey by Mercer but the next year could be a different story. Salaries in New Zealand have so far had a soft landing, but the lag effect of the global financial crisis combined with rising unemployment and a decreasing demand for labour indi ...

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8 days ago by Editor

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8 days ago by andrew

Without even reading reports about the John Hirst case, one can guess at the language. “Shockwaves through the expatriate community”, and so on and so on. Of the reporting there has been, some has been over the top. Technically, comparisons with Bernard Madoff may not be inaccurate, but the scale is ...

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