An information and analytics digest for everyone going abroad or staying home

Archive — September 2010

The Circulation of Money in Europe Money

The Circulation of Money in Europe

If you add up the national budgets of Ukraine, Belarus, and Kazakhstan, you get the sum that guest workers employed in the EU annually send to relatives who remained in their home countries…

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Air Passengers Will Pay for Tax Airbus

Air Passengers Will Pay for Tax

Germany introduces a tax on passenger air travel. This is one of the measures to combat the budget deficit. Companies will compensate for the tax costs at the expense of passengers, which will reduce…

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Loneliness in Germany Everyday life

Loneliness in Germany

Every fifth child in Germany is raised in a single-parent family, and this trend is growing. 13 years ago, only every seventh family had single parents raising children. Among the 2.2 million…

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A Mental Hospital, Israeli-Style Everyday life

A Mental Hospital, Israeli-Style

A doctor I know once told me that emigration-repatriation can be compared to a stroke in terms of its emotional impact on a person. Israel has a powerful system of social support for people in…

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Israeli Girl Immigration

Israeli Girl

Israeli girl... For the first time, the rough keys of my computer touch such a delicate subject... There is no need to fly like a mad eagle under the clouds or prowl like a gray wolf in the forest…

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There Is Life in Israel After All Immigration

There Is Life in Israel After All

Maryan Belenky – writer, translator, journalist, stand-up comedian. Born in Kyiv in 1950; has lived in Israel since 1991. Creator of the character 'Aunt Sonya' for Klara Novikova. Sketches and…

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How We Live Here Awaiting Terrorist Attacks Immigration

How We Live Here Awaiting Terrorist Attacks

War is raging in the territories. Every hour, passengers on buses anxiously listen to the news. Drivers turn up the radio volume during news broadcasts. The faces of passengers are anxious – almost…

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How to Get Disability Status in Israel Immigration

How to Get Disability Status in Israel

By following simple rules, any Israeli citizen can secure a lifelong subsistence minimum without the need to work. Since disabled people are currently intensively striking, it should be expected that…

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The Art of Survival in Israel Immigration

The Art of Survival in Israel

Israel is a country where East and West meet. The mentality of an Israeli differs significantly from that of a European. Therefore, a person's behavior strategy in Israel should be quite different…

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Selected Passages from Correspondence with Institutions Immigration

Selected Passages from Correspondence with Institutions

It all started in a past life when I wrote a letter to dear comrade Kim Il-sung, congratulating him on his birthday. In response, I received by mail a wonderful picture, in which every stitch was…

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Jerusalem Life and Other Troubles Immigration

Jerusalem Life and Other Troubles

I owe my refined style to garbage bins. I look very elegant – I dress in the best trash cans of the city. In all my years living in Israel, I have never bought a single item of clothing. The quality…

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Gourmet guide

Features of Moroccan Cuisine

Morocco is an African country with a fascinating history and a population whose mentality differs significantly from the European one. Moroccan cuisine, in turn, is also distinctive, as it has…

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The Right Office for Business Abroad Real estate

The Right Office for Business Abroad

If registering your company in some of the most business-friendly countries is not difficult, be it, for example, Spain or any offshore zone, then choosing an office is a task that significantly…

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Professions That Will Keep You Afloat Work

Professions That Will Keep You Afloat

The global economic crisis has made significant adjustments to the lives of many people – both our compatriots and foreign citizens. And it has forced a reconsideration of many aspects of life…

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Form Determines Ownership Real estate

Form Determines Ownership

Many foreigners, not being residents of the United States, seek to purchase expensive homes and other real estate there. There is nothing unreasonable about that. However, regardless of the purpose…

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