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'Twitter helped us make friends when we moved to Spain'


In the first of a new series of fortnightly features on expats and Twitter, Suzi Dixon chats to Lisa Sadleir, a British expat in Spain, about how she uses the site
http://telegraph.feedsportal.com/c/32726/f/568378/s/1c62231a/l/0L0Stelegraph0O0Cexpat0Cexpatlife0C90...

The ski resorts that provide something for everyone - all year round


No longer locked solely into a single winter season, an increasing number of traditional Alpine resorts are being transformed into multi-season hives of sporting and lifestyle family activity
http://telegraph.feedsportal.com/c/32726/f/568378/s/1c62231b/l/0L0Stelegraph0O0Cproperty0Cexpatprope...

MyExpat group blog roundup: introducing Ulrike Lemmin-Woolfrey


Our new expat blogger Ulrike Lemmin-Woolfrey is preparing to move from Dubai to Australia - but she's not sure what to expect
http://telegraph.feedsportal.com/c/32726/f/568378/s/1c5e8b6d/l/0L0Stelegraph0O0Cexpat0C90A587220CMyE...

Orphanage tourism: help or hindrance?


Monica Pitrelli investigates the impact of tourists visiting orphanages in Cambodia
http://telegraph.feedsportal.com/c/32726/f/568378/s/1c5e8b6f/l/0L0Stelegraph0O0Cexpat0Cexpatlife0C90...

Strange British place names


From Crackpot to Blubberhouses: join us on a tour of the oddest-named places in Blighty
http://telegraph.feedsportal.com/c/32726/f/568378/s/1c5e8b70/l/0L0Stelegraph0O0Cexpat0Cexpatpictureg...

'Bienvenue' to the mosquito-ridden Côte d'Azur


The Côte d'Azur seemed perfect to Ursula Rubery, but there was a fly in the ointment
http://telegraph.feedsportal.com/c/32726/f/568378/s/1c5937e9/l/0L0Stelegraph0O0Cexpat0Cexpatlife0C90...

Briton died in crushed bus in New Zealand's Christchurch earthquake


An inquiry has heard how a Briton died while travelling on a bus that was crushed by falling rubble in the Christchurch earthquake.
http://telegraph.feedsportal.com/c/32726/f/568378/s/1c5e8b72/l/0L0Stelegraph0O0Cnews0Cworldnews0Caus...

Is a lack of language skills damaging British firms abroad?


Two in three British firms sending a manager overseas do not require them to be fluent in the local language, a survey has revealed
http://telegraph.feedsportal.com/c/32726/f/568378/s/1c5385f8/l/0L0Stelegraph0O0Cfinance0Cpersonalfin...

Best of British competition: the winners


The winners of The Telegraph's Best of British competition, designed to celebrate the best that Britain has to offer around the world, have finally been chosen
http://telegraph.feedsportal.com/c/32726/f/568378/s/1c529a9b/l/0L0Stelegraph0O0Cexpat0Cexpatlife0C90...

No say in Scotland, benefits reform and Fred the Shed's knighthood


Letters from the Telegraph Weekly World Edition, Issue 1,071
http://telegraph.feedsportal.com/c/32726/f/568378/s/1c523337/l/0L0Stelegraph0O0Cexpat0Cexpatfeedback...

Forex focus: a better life abroad can come at a heavy price


For many living overseas and receiving a pension in sterling, the last few years have been pretty painful
http://telegraph.feedsportal.com/c/32726/f/568378/s/1c510929/l/0L0Stelegraph0O0Cfinance0Cpersonalfin...

Bangka, the Indonesian island haunted by a massacre


70 years ago this month, a group of Australian nurses fleeing war-torn Singapore were shipwrecked on a island occupied by Japanese forces. Alison Ripley tells their story
http://telegraph.feedsportal.com/c/32726/f/568378/s/1c501f05/l/0L0Stelegraph0O0Cexpat0Cexpatlife0C90...

Copenhagen through an expat's eyes


Briton Robert Thomason has been taking atmospheric photographs of his adopted city of Copenhagen for nearly a decade
http://telegraph.feedsportal.com/c/32726/f/568378/s/1c501f09/l/0L0Stelegraph0O0Cexpat0Cexpatpictureg...

German nationals face death penalty over drug smuggling charges in Malaysia


Two Germans and a Moroccan man are facing the death penalty on charges of smuggling more than 10 kilogrammes of methamphetamine into Malaysia, known for its strict anti-drug laws.
http://telegraph.feedsportal.com/c/32726/f/568378/s/1c5083cd/l/0L0Stelegraph0O0Cnews0Cworldnews0Ceur...

The chick-lit author who followed her heart to London


American writer Michele Gorman talks expat dating, the value of chick-lit and why she'll never understand British directions
http://telegraph.feedsportal.com/c/32726/f/568378/s/1c491071/l/0L0Stelegraph0O0Cexpat0Cexpatlife0C90...

Rare pictures of Arctic expedition to go under the hammer


Evocative pictures of a British ship trapped in ice during an attempt to discover the fate of Sir John Franklin's "lost expedition" are up for auction this week
http://telegraph.feedsportal.com/c/32726/f/568378/s/1c43a004/l/0L0Stelegraph0O0Cexpat0Cexpatnews0C90...

MyExpat group blog roundup: spoilt expats


Cash-flash expats in Dubai, and the Majorcan nun who changed a doctor's life
http://telegraph.feedsportal.com/c/32726/f/568378/s/1c3fd561/l/0L0Stelegraph0O0Cexpat0C90A486340CMyE...

Expat rates: fixed rate or not a fixed rate? You really need to do the maths


A month into the New Year and already savers will have an idea of how the land lies for their money over the next twelve months
http://telegraph.feedsportal.com/c/32726/f/568378/s/1c3fd564/l/0L0Stelegraph0O0Cfinance0Cpersonalfin...

Be prepared for April QROPS shake-up


Expats are being urged to get independent advice and beware scammers as QROPS legislation changes affect pension products
http://telegraph.feedsportal.com/c/32726/f/568378/s/1c3fd568/l/0L0Stelegraph0O0Cfinance0Cpersonalfin...

American dream homes


They're big, they're brash and they're very, very expensive. We take a sneak peek at some ultimate stateside properties
http://telegraph.feedsportal.com/c/32726/f/568378/s/1c3fd56c/l/0L0Stelegraph0O0Cproperty0Cexpatprope...

Singapore, a delicious multi-cultural destination to chew on


Food and travel writer Maida Pineda says that moving to vibrant Singapore was one of the best decisions she ever made
http://telegraph.feedsportal.com/c/32726/f/568378/s/1c3fd56e/l/0L0Stelegraph0O0Cexpat0Cexpatlife0C90...

The End of Cross Cultural News


Cross Cultural news has now been running for a few years and has become extremely successful. We get over 4,000 ...
http://www.kwintessential.co.uk/crossculturalnews/archives/06-20-2007_06-21-2007.html#4332

Why are Cultural Differences Disguised as `Maladjustments'?


Ethnic underrepresentation creates a host of problems for the American higher education community. One of the most serious is whether ...
http://www.kwintessential.co.uk/crossculturalnews/archives/06-18-2007_06-19-2007.html#4331

Moscow is most expensive place for expatriates to live


Moscow is the world’s most expensive city for expatriates for the second consecutive year, according to annual research. A study ...
http://www.kwintessential.co.uk/crossculturalnews/archives/06-18-2007_06-19-2007.html#4330

Czech Republic: Demand for translation services grows


Most translation service companies in the Czech Republic have reported a year-on-year growth in demand of dozens of percent this ...
http://www.kwintessential.co.uk/crossculturalnews/archives/06-18-2007_06-19-2007.html#4329

Word of the Day: disquisition


disquisition \dis-kwuh-ZISH-uhn\, noun: A formal discourse on a subject. Hence, although the publisher calls Mr. Roth's work "An Essay on ...
http://www.kwintessential.co.uk/crossculturalnews/archives/06-18-2007_06-19-2007.html#4328

CILT: Standards in Intercultural Skills


In the global economy, all sectors of UK industry and service provision are now required to operate in multicultural environments, ...
http://www.kwintessential.co.uk/crossculturalnews/archives/06-15-2007_06-16-2007.html#4327

Bridging the Culture Gap in the Legal field


So many countries, so many rules for attorneys to follow..... Globalization of the legal world has led more lawyers to ...
http://www.kwintessential.co.uk/crossculturalnews/archives/06-15-2007_06-16-2007.html#4326

Why Language Matters on Global Websites


A European Parliament draft report notes that only 6% of consumers buy from websites outside their home countries. One-third who ...
http://www.kwintessential.co.uk/crossculturalnews/archives/06-15-2007_06-16-2007.html#4325

Multicultural market research series


In 2004 and 2005, Common Sense Advisory released a series of multicultural market research reports. Now, the research firm has ...
http://www.kwintessential.co.uk/crossculturalnews/archives/06-15-2007_06-16-2007.html#4324

GALA to have major presence at Localization World Berlin


The Globalization and Localization Association (GALA), an international nonprofit association that encourages local communication as an indispensable component to a ...
http://www.kwintessential.co.uk/crossculturalnews/archives/06-15-2007_06-16-2007.html#4323

First International Diversity Summer School


Invitation for the First International Diversity Summer School – Vienna, 9.-13. July 2007 The First international Diversity Summer School is ...
http://www.kwintessential.co.uk/crossculturalnews/archives/06-15-2007_06-16-2007.html#4322

China says "Pirates of the Caribbean" attacks Chinese honour


China has censored part of the latest installment of hit Hollywood movie "Pirates of the Caribbean" for "vilifying and defacing ...
http://www.kwintessential.co.uk/crossculturalnews/archives/06-15-2007_06-16-2007.html#4321

Word of the day: clamber


clamber \KLAM-buhr; KLAM-uhr\, intransitive verb: 1. To climb with difficulty, or on all fours; to scramble. noun: 1. The act ...
http://www.kwintessential.co.uk/crossculturalnews/archives/06-15-2007_06-16-2007.html#4320

'Cultural packs' could teach immigrants to queue


Immigrants should be given "cultural briefing packs" when they move to the UK, an official report will say today. The ...
http://www.kwintessential.co.uk/crossculturalnews/archives/06-13-2007_06-14-2007.html#4319

Hamburg English develops online English language ability testing


Hamburg English started down the road of online testing specifically aimed at international companies wishing to measure employee and job ...
http://www.kwintessential.co.uk/crossculturalnews/archives/06-13-2007_06-14-2007.html#4318

Renault endows chair of '’Multicultural management and corporate performance?


Carlos Ghosn, as president of both Renault and the Renault Foundation, has signed a partnership agreement with the Ecole Ecole ...
http://www.kwintessential.co.uk/crossculturalnews/archives/06-13-2007_06-14-2007.html#4317

Country-and-language-specific websites


Organizations are finding that the use of multiple languages and translations can be a competitive differentiator, particularly with websites designed ...
http://www.kwintessential.co.uk/crossculturalnews/archives/06-13-2007_06-14-2007.html#4316

Word of the day: proselytize


proselytize \PROS-uh-luh-tyz\, intransitive verb: 1. To induce someone to convert to one's religious faith. 2. To induce someone to join ...
http://www.kwintessential.co.uk/crossculturalnews/archives/06-13-2007_06-14-2007.html#4315

Cultural and Linguistic Competence Conference


Thrive and the Division of Children’s Behavioral Health Services are co-sponsoring “Achieving the Promise: Cultural and Linguistic Competence in Maine” ...
http://www.kwintessential.co.uk/crossculturalnews/archives/06-13-2007_06-14-2007.html#4314

Intercultural Videos on Youtube


Today we decided to have a look at Youtube to see what videos relating to intercultural matters have been uploaded. ...
http://www.kwintessential.co.uk/crossculturalnews/archives/06-13-2007_06-14-2007.html#4313

 
   
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