By: Samuel Beckett | 2012-02-27 | Society US embassies and consulates operate throughout the world. Persons who are outside the US and seek to come to the US will have to contact the US embassy or consulate to start the immigration process. read more
By: Mary Rose | 2010-12-08 | Social issues The Balkans including Serbia, Bosnia, Albania, Greek and Montenegro have experienced the most severe floods due to heavy rains during the past 100 years. The history-making floods have caused the death to three people, deep damages and got the evacuation of nearly 20,000 people making more than 340 million euros ($450,8 million) be lost. In particular, around 4000 people have taken the evacuation in Bosnia from inundated areas because rivers with heavy rains overflowed Albania, Bosnia, Serbia and Montenegro. Besides, the Balkans' floods cause the economic crisis, the outage affecting the lives of local residents. The 14,000 hectares of farmland in Montenegro and Albania have been faded away, the amount of water in Shkoder Lake in Montenegro has doubled and caused the floods in Montenegro villages. Facing the Balkans' heavy rains, NATO has sent Turkish and Greek helicopters to supply inundated areas with food and water for some days. Let's get to know the most serious floods in the< read more
By: Steven Coleman | 2008-11-25 | International Business At the end of 2008 we have an ongoing credit crisis, slowing global economies, falling house prices, global stock market and exchange rate volatility, and a US dollar that is strengthening against most currencies. All these factors have and continue to contribute to a major change in the global cost of living rankings. read more
By: Steven Coleman | 2010-10-03 | Personal Finance Tokyo is the most expensive city in the world in which to live, out of 300 global locations, surveyed in September 2010 by Xpatulator.com. Asia-Pacific has 4 of the 10 most expensive cities in the world. South Asia is the least expensive region in the world for expatriates to live in. Europe's most expensive cities are those that are not on the Euro. The Americas most expensive city is now Caracas. read more