Blog Feed: Expat Country

Moving Abroad for Work Opportunities

Published on 2011-04-19 08:59:20

Expat medical insurance could be something that people would need to consider if they were thinking about moving abroad to improve their chances of getting a job due to lack of opportunities at home. It is believed that many 18 to 25 year olds would > read more

New Tool Sheds Light Into Expat Life

Published on 2011-03-23 06:50:51

A new online interactive too which allows users to compare the quality of life for expats in over 25 countries has been launched by HSBC. The tool “Expat Explorer” is based on information from a survey that was carried out by the bank in 2010. O > read more

Expat city

Published on 2011-02-25 04:24:21

Pretty much everyone here must be an expatriate? If any readers are in Dubai, drop us a line and let us know. watch?v=pZtqA7cswqo > read more

Exodus from Libya

Published on 2011-02-24 08:32:24

Due to the massive unrest developing in the Middle-East, and in particular Libya, many Brits living and working in the country are trying to find ways to leave. The government and companies are struggling to rescue their citizens and workers from Lib > read more

Spain Still Popular With Expats

Published on 2011-02-18 05:17:47

Spain is still seen as a popular destination for Brits who look are looking to emigrate to another country. The warmer climate, culture, cost of living, general way of life and the fact that it is still close to home seems to appeal to a lot of peopl > read more

Health in foreign countries

Published on 2011-02-11 10:31:38

As the animals and plants are different in differnt countries, so are the types of prevalent disease. Some of the ailments we might otherwise have thought had been consigned to history are in fact still doing the rounds in some countries. Even in the > read more

International happenings

Published on 2011-02-04 06:21:30

I don’t know why some place differ so much from other places - in India they have a saying that the language changes every 20 miles. Probably truer of the Old World than the New World, but there it is. And culture changes too - often the furthe > read more

Winter in the UK

Published on 2010-12-21 02:50:50

The most recent of the snow over the last week has brought it sharply into focus for me just why I think that I really should be in Barcelona, swanning around the Ramblas, stopping for nice drop of wine and some tapas. I mean I understand that it sno > read more

Life Down Under

Published on 2010-11-10 09:01:44

It is alright for some people, some people get to live in warm places, some people live down under, where it is hot all the year, where the people play sport religiously [and end up quite often being very good at it], not all of us though. So why is > read more

The Global Village

Published on 2010-10-01 11:04:39

More and more often we hear the term “the Global Village”, and of course it is true, by the time I was twenty I had been to far more places than any of my parents or grandparents had been by that age. What’s more, from then I contin > read more

The Gap Year

Published on 2010-09-28 08:25:19

I was reading the other week about Gap years and how they are wasted on the young. These young kids just don’t seem to be fully taking in all the wonderful sights and sounds which surround them. Thius is a shame because in the real world teenag > read more

The Case for Expat Health Insurance

Published on 2010-09-20 06:20:40

Shocking details have been revealed by the health insurance industry of what can happen to people who have emigrated from the UK without checking out the complexities involved in adjusting to the differences that crop up in seemingly every different > read more

Record increase in NHS complaints

Published on 2010-08-25 10:36:26

Complaints written to the NHS about hospital and community services in England has seen the biggest annual rise since records began over a decade ago with more than 100,000 complaints being made in 2009/2010. That is a 13% increase on the previous ye > read more

Info About International Health Insurance

Published on 2010-08-11 09:11:26

What is International Health Insurance? International health insurance does exactly what it says on the tin - offer medical cover to people staying overseas. Most people who look to cover themselves with international health insurance are usually exp > read more

Pakistan

Published on 2010-08-11 06:09:12

It’s at times like this that we are reminded how lucky some of the globetrotting people are. Not only are most of the places in the world relatively safe, but there is the infrastructure to make sure that the recovery process goes smoothly. Of > read more

Brits Abroad

Published on 2010-07-27 08:13:14

One of the great ideas of living abroad is that of the whole new experience. It is not enough for some people to live abroad and still cling on to their old affiliations, some want to fully integrate culturally and socially within the community to wh > read more

Great time to be abroad!

Published on 2010-07-22 06:37:50

Just reading some of the expat forums and checking out the relevant info, and it seems like at the moment the last place anyone wants to be for healthcare is the old country. With a brand new government coming in right at the time of a recession it&# > read more