Per Bloomberg, a surprising 40% of Americans qualify EU citizenship due to ancestral ties and various European country programs that issue citizenship to descendants.
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Citizenship: EU set to sue Malta over “Golden Passports” granting citizenship
The EU plans to sue Malta over their “citizenship for sale” scheme. However, acquiring citizenship in other countries is a growing activity, not likely to be curtailed.
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How to Become a Global Citizen
How do you become a global citizen with global skills?
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Immigration: Traveling abroad, interacting with international community, results in more tolerance of immigrants
Study finds – no surprise – that those who have gone abroad, or interacted with immigrant populations, or who speak a 2nd language are more favorable towards immigration and immigrants.
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The 10 safest countries in which to be a “digital nomad”
10 countries are rated as “safest countries” in which to be a temporary “digital nomad” remote international worker.
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A surprising reason to develop global skills: Because your US workforce is global
Immigrants play an increasingly large role in the U.S.-based workforce and in many industries, such as tech, may make up half or more of the team members. Effective team leaders need to have a global perspective and global skills to make the best of these teams.
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New Zealand wants wealthy tourists, to discourage budget travelers
New Zealand continues to promote access to NZ for wealthy travelers and to actively discourage travel by the less wealthy.
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The Law of Jante
There is a claim that these rules, now taught in schools, lead to the “high happiness scores” given to Scandinavian countries. But the scoring system is 100% bogus and does not measure anyone’s happiness.
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Surprise – we just did a trip to Europe
A big surprise – we just snuck in a two-week trip to the Netherlands – we finally traveled internationally.
This post describes the planning process, and some crazy stuff that happened before and after the trip.
Continue readingIs international experience important for everyone?
Depending on the nature of your business and your role in the business, global thinking may be important – or not. A strictly local retail, product or service business may have little need for global skills and thinking. Yet a company developing software or products that may be used globally, or sourced from outside the country, may have a much larger need for global skills. Global skills appear to also enhance one’s ability to both see and seek out “big opportunities”.
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