Making it Easier to Vote While Abroad

As Tuesday’s voting comes to a close in the USA many Americans overseas may have missed the chance to vote. Not to mention that research shows 1 in 4 overseas ballots end up not being counted. A federal bill has been passed that requires all states to have an electronic voting option for military and civilians living overseas, which should make voting easier. “The bill, which will take effect before next year’s federal elections, bars states from rejecting military ballots that have not been notarized, a difficult procedure in the bases of Iraq and Afghanistan. It also requires the Federal Voting Assistance Program at the Department of Defense, which is the main source of election-related information and assistance for many military personnel, to include voter registration and absentee ballot request information at every base.” Read more from NY Times

British Expats Leave Their Mark in Moscow

When expats move abroad they inevitably leave their mark in their new country. In Moscow a British expat takes a look around to discover the city’s British influences. From business to education to food and more British expats have left their mark – “Phoebe Taplin, a British journalist and Muscovite, looks at the connections and describes some of the influences British expatriates have on life in the Russian capital… Complete with authentic-looking furnishings and a Union Jack-clad cloakroom attendant, it is certainly one place to drive away homesickness for a couple of hours. The “Molly Gwynn” chain, run by the same company, advertises itself as ‘your new local’.” Read more from Russia Now

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Part of the ExpatFinder.com team is now back in Singapore ending a month long trip to Europe working on the new features of your search engine. We take a look this week at fresh news of expat entrepreneurs accross the world!

 

Expats not necessarily first to go in recession

 

When companies in Asia are forced to reduce headcount, whether an affected employee is local or expatriate has little relevance in deciding which one should be retrenched, according to human resource executives.

William L. Ayers Jr., vice president and business unit leader of career management firm The Ayers Group, said it is the nature of their employment that makes many expatriates in Asia at greater risk of losing their jobs.

Read more from ZDNet Asia

 

The Secrets of an Expatriate Belgian Waffle-Maker

 

Waffles originate from Western Europe. Belgian waffles in particular have become renowned since they were first showcased in the world food exposition held in New York in 1964. Their soaring popularity in Korea in recent years has seen a Belgian-run place frequented by many waffle lovers. “Didi’s Gaufres” near Hongik University is run by Belgian Didier Balistaire and his Korean wife Park Se-mi.

 

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The name of the shop means Didi’s waffles, as ‘gaufres’ means waffles in French. There are two kinds of Belgian waffle — Liege waffles of sweet taste and chewy texture, and Brussels waffles of a lighter and crisp texture, explained Balistaire.

Read more from Chosun

 

Dubai’s first ice cream van

 

A pair of enterprising British brothers believe they have found a niche in Dubai’s burgeoning market – by importing the concept of the ice cream van to the Middle East.
Dan and Nathen Furlong launched their business venture after visiting their expatriate parents in the emirate and wondering why nobody was offering refreshments in the sweltering desert heat.

Read more from Dubai Life

 

Expats’ excellent Valley ventures

 

In days gone by, bright-eyed young Aussies would grab their savings and a backpack and take off to London, where they found jobs in pubs and hunkered down in overcrowded and underheated flats.
Today, another kind of migration is occurring. But this time it is bright-eyed Aussie technology entrepreneurs, who are packing their notebook computers and start-up tech companies to take up residence in the San Francisco headquarters of the global advertising agency Euro RSCG. Located there is the Hot House. The idea of expatriate Australian technology and marketing entrepreneur David Cannington, the Hot House provides start-up companies with a desk, broadband access, telephone line and basic office services for $US600 ($628) a month - a bargain in one of the world’s tightest property markets.
“The challenge for early-stage companies that have moved to the US and want to build a business here is to find an environment in which they can grow,” Mr Cannington says.

Read more from Watoday

 

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Britons living in Spain ‘not prepared for when dream goes sour’

 

Britons thinking about moving to Spain to live out their days in the sun have been warned by the Government to think twice before uprooting from Britain.

Gillian Merron, the minister for consular affairs, said many Britons living in Spain were not adequately prepared to cope when hard times hit and “the dream turns sour”.
Ill health, a deteriorating property market and financial difficulties were the main problems, she suggested.
“Life happens and things go wrong whether people stay at home or move abroad,” she told The Daily Telegraph on a visit to British expatriate communities on the Costa Blanca, near Alicante in southeastern Spain. Read more from Telegraph

 

Moving experiences

 

About 200m people, or 3 per cent of the world’s population, already live outside their home countries and relocation continues to rise, particularly this year as recession forces job-seekers to move to markets they might not have considered before. “In the last quarter of 2008 and into 2009, [we have] seen some upturn in moves to countries off the beaten track, such as Libya, Syria, Yemen, Mongolia and isolated areas in China and South America,” says Richard Tyrrell of global relocation company Going-there. In crisis-hit Iceland, polls show that one-third of the population is considering emigration. And in London and New York, bankers are joking about a new ultimatum: “Dubai, Mumbai, Shanghai or goodbye.”

So, for all those who have recently relocated or expect to soon, here are some tips on how to do it. Some come from expats themselves and some from the professionals who get paid to help them settle. Read more from The Financial Times

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