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When Communication Overwhelms

Between messages, cultures, and constant updates, connection can blur. This reflection explores how slowing down restores clarity and belonging. We are living in a time of constant…

Fake It Till You Make It: How Faking It Helps and Hurts

Living abroad often means adapting, learning the language, understanding the customs, and finding your place. Yet there is a fine line between growing into confidence and performing…

2025 Tax Tips for U.S. Expats and Foreign Business Owners

As 2025 begins, it’s the perfect time for U.S. expats and foreign individuals with U.S. business interests to get a head start on their tax planning. Navigating…

Starting a Business Abroad: Tax Considerations for American Entrepreneurs

Expanding your business internationally can offer exciting opportunities for growth, diversification, and access to new markets. As an American entrepreneur considering opening a foreign company, it's essential…

Pound Rocky amid Uneven Data

Pound Sterling The Pound initially skyrocketed this week, following an unexpected drop in unemployment and slower-than-forecast wage growth. However, Sterling’s gains were quickly erased as inflation uniformly…

Pound Fluctuates amid Hawkish BoE Remarks

Pound Sterling The Pound fluctuated this week, amid signs of easing inflationary pressures. While dip-buying sparked a recovery, a lack of impactful data limited Sterling’s upside. Further…

Absentee Voting from Abroad for US Expats

When you move abroad as a US expat, a world of new opportunities opens up—new cultures, languages, and adventures await! Amidst all the excitement, don’t forget your…

Technology and voting

How to Ensure Your Ballot is Secure When Voting Abroad It's 2024, and the US Federal Election is happening later in the year. As a US citizen,…

Tokyo Olympics: Controversy after Russia’s uniforms have been revealed

Last December 2020, it was announced that Russia will be banned from the Tokyo Olympic Games by the Court of Arbitration for Sport. After having been the…

Ghibli Park: a life-size fantasy World

If you appreciate Japanese culture and more particularly its animated films, you’re probably familiar with Studio Ghibli’s filmography. The studio's films such as Spirited Away, Howl's Moving…

AngloINFO releases Worldwide Expat Survey 2022 Preliminary Results

Our Groundbreaking Expat survey reveals mental health issues abound because of the global Coronavirus pandemic and discrimination is still here. In addition, the majority of participants agreed…

Here’s a chance to join Emma flying high above Lake Annecy

Emma Casanova works in the Lake Annecy area of southern France as a Leggett estate agent. But as well as being a property agent, Emma is a…

The Stereotypes of Aarhus

As the capital of Jutland and as the second largest city in Denmark, Aarhus is a very homogeneous city despite of its size. When Copenhageners visits Aarhus…

Packing tips for your vacation in Denmark

Denmark – the lovely country in Scandinavia – is a great place to visit. In Denmark, you will find historical treasures, exiting culture, great people and beautiful…

MATISSE, A NUN, AND A CHAPEL

Monique in Tabac Royal, 1943 Night Nurse Needed – Should be young and pretty. This was the ad Henri Matisse placed with the nursing school in Nice, France…

Victor Hugo and the Joker

  When you think of French writer, Victor Hugo, you probably think of his classic works, The Hunchback of Notre Dame (Notre Dame de Paris) or Les…

How to move to Paris in 12 steps

Every now and then I get asked the question: "So, what brought you to Paris..?" or, "how did you just, you know, move to Paris like that?". I secretly…

Snow in Montmartre

For the first time in my life, I was able to witness a breathtakingly snowy Montmartre last week. Snowy Winters aren't that much of a regular occurrence…

2025 Tax Tips for U.S. Expats and Foreign Business Owners

As 2025 begins, it’s the perfect time for U.S. expats and foreign individuals with U.S. business interests to get a head start on their tax planning. Navigating…

Starting a Business Abroad: Tax Considerations for American Entrepreneurs

Expanding your business internationally can offer exciting opportunities for growth, diversification, and access to new markets. As an American entrepreneur considering opening a foreign company, it's essential…

An expat’s guide to buying property in Hong Kong

Hong Kong is a one-of-a-kind place. Being formerly part of the Qing dynasty, the British Empire, the Japanese Empire, and now a financial leader, its rich history…

Things to consider when buying property in Australia

So, you’re buying a home in Australia. Fantastic! We’re sure you’ve considered the ‘big questions’ like where you’d like to buy a house, when you’d like to…

Meet the Expat – Candice Criscione, living in Central Italy

Candice Criscione is an American now living with her family (husband and three small boys) in a small town just south of Florence, in Central Italy. Where…

Meet the Expat – Lena Strang, living in the Algarve

Lena Strang is a Scandinavian now living in Portugal after over 30 years spent living and working in the UK. And she's also won the Judo World Masters title…

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