Expat-Friendly Links for June 6, 2009
Here’s our collection of expat-friendly links for today.
- British sports invade Manila – It's hard to find places in the Philippines where one can play soccer, rugby, or cricket, games the British people love to play. But there is one place right in the heart of Manila where the athletic potential in these sports is honed with a tender British touch.
- Survey finds most SA expats yearn to come home – South Africans who live abroad are increasingly finding that the grass is not so green on the other side.
- Greek Islands: Property Hotspots – A look at three Greek Island property hotspots for buyers seeking a second home or permanent move
- Ex-pat dies from poisoned wine – man dies in Indonesia after drinking contaminated alcohol in a poisoning scandal which has claimed more than 20 lives.
- American-born bloggers vent anger at US president online – frustrations and anger over the current US demands of the Israeli government, along with their suspicions of Obama's increasingly adamant outreach to the Muslim world
- Expats’ partisan politics damages country’s image – Foreign Minister Dipu Moni yesterday called upon Bangladeshi expatriates not to get involved in political conflicts that damage the country's image abroad.
- How to become an accidental linguist, in three strange lessons – Learning the local language is essential. However, one expat tells of the frustrations of studying French in Bahrain, Spanish in Argentina and German in Switzerland
- British pilot’s wife jailed for adultery in Dubai after he reports her – A British airline pilot whose wife has been jailed for adultery in Dubai after he reported her to police has said that he had tried to have the charges dropped.
- Repelled by chaos at home – A year ago, I had hope. My home would prosper, something would happen. Now I have lost all hope. Give me one good reason why I should come back.
- Teacher of expat teens ’lands’ en NASA institute – A historian and social anthropologist by training who has spent a quarter of her life as an expat, Sema Alpayta is this year's only Turkish participant in NASA's Aerospace Institute taking place later this month.
- Bentley sees demand returning – Dubai: Bentley, the UK-based luxury car manufacturer, is seeing the market change its course as recovery returns.
- French expats deprived of vote in EU poll – Over 330,000 French residents living outside the EU will be deprived of their votes in the European elections on 7 June
- Lebanese expat voters jump at free-flight deal – Lebanese Australians have been paid thousands of dollars to return to their former country this weekend to vote
- Ex-pats rally to help woman shot by partner – The Irish ex-pat community of Lanzarote in the Canary Islands has rallied behind an Irish mother shot in her home and organised a benefit night.
- British ex-pats lose big pension payouts in Canada – House of Lords ruled in 2005 that expatriate Brits living in the big Commonwealth countries aren't entitled to indexed pensions
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