A third season has been announced for the Bahrain TV show that focuses on expats living in the region, set to hot screens in 2010. The show, entitled Memories, is the creation of Shaikh Isa bin Khalifa Al Khalifa, a Bahraini poet, and will air on Channel 55 of Bahrain Television.
However, the new season will [...]

Popularity: 19%

Not content with being named as the best country for expats to live in Canada has given its tourism industry a massive boost with China affording British Columbia as an approved destination.
What this essentially means is that Canadian travel and tourism companies can now start to advertise in China – one of the world’s largest [...]

Popularity: 18%

Expats in India are facing confusion after rule changes to the visa system, brought about by revelations that an American man may have been behind the attacks on Mumbai last year.
In November the new visa rules were introduced without any forewarning and applied immediately, throwing travel and business plans for Britons into disarray. The changes [...]

Popularity: 22%

The US dollar, so long the mainstay and currency basis of Asian economies, is hurting – taking expats down with it. A new survey by ECA International, a human resources consultancy, shows that expats based in the major Asian centres are feeling the pinch as the declining dollar is making their daily expenses higher.
The US [...]

Popularity: 22%

An Australian research group has declared that expats returning home expecting to be welcomed with open arms by local employers are in for a rude awakening.
In spite of the relatively low Australian unemployment rate, which at 5.8 percent is well below the 8.6 percent average for OECD countries, the job market remains tough to crack [...]

Popularity: 14%

Zimbabwean professionals that are based in Britain have stated that they have no desire to return home until they see evidence of real change, despite the ongoing attempts by South Africa to find a resolution to the continued troubles facing the unity government.
The UK became a popular destination after the violent land reforms enacted by [...]

Popularity: 22%

Life may not be easy for expats in Russia but at least the country is easy to make new friends in.
The HSBC expat experience survey ranked Russia just two points from bottom place out of 26 nations when it comes to quality of life, but by contrast was ranked fourth easiest to make new friends, [...]

Popularity: 24%

The HSBC Bank International has today announced the results of the largest world survey of expats – Expat Explorer.
The second instalment of Expat Explorer, labelled Expat Experience, found that Canada gave expats the best quality of life and easiest integration into the local community. The top three was rounded out by Australia and Thailand where [...]

Popularity: 22%