Saturday 4 July 2009
Saturday 4 July 2009
Stock up on the tastes and smells of home.
A small country with no obvious start or finish.
Sunbeams' guide to the white, blue, green, yellow...
One of the best healthcare systems in the world.
Survive the pitfalls of the city's streets.
Expat women in Belgium and France most satisfied.
A moving piece about a 'school refuser' son.
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| IBEX 30 | 9707.8 | 0.67 |
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| FTSE 100 | 4236.28 | 0.05 |
| AEX | 253.7 | 0.40 |
| DJIA | 8280.74 | -2.63 |
| Nasdaq | 1796.52 | -2.67 |
| FTSE MIB | 18942.22 | 0.07 |
| TSX Composite | 10283.1 | 0.36 |
| ASX | 3826.6 | -1.25 |
| Hang seng | 18203.4 | 0.14 |
| Straits Times | 0.00 | |
| ISEQ 20 | 433.47 | 0.71 |
Local green expats from Sunbeams.eu offer this useful guide to the white, blue, green, yellow... and the rest.
More tales of a small country with this week's exciting installment: From the Franks to Feudal Society. Charlemagne was Belgian shock! Belgium responsible for crusades horror! Belgium becomes wasteland (again)!
Our experts highlight changes to Belgian immigration arrangements.
Our short, serialised history of this "small country with no obvious start or finish" might help you understand it better.
On her arrival in Belgium, Expatica's Natasha Gunn muses on what Belgium meant to her when she lived across the border in France.
In October, non-EU expats will be able to vote for the first time in Belgium's local elections, but are you warming to the idea - and how do you go about registering?
This handy guide from Expertise in Labour Mobility includes how to write a CV, application procedure, interview dos and don'ts, Belgian management culture.
Belgium’s first alternative directory assistance services - available through the shortcode 14-14 - can now be accessed on the internet.
Moving to Belgium presents a host of challenges to expats, not least of all finding the right home.
The psychological effects of global mobility can be physically painful.
