Canada opens its doors wider to skilled migrants

Posted Wednesday, February 8th, 2012 in Articles by Aimee Valaitis | Tags:

Brits planning to emigrate to Canada will welcome the news that the popular North American country intends to increase the number of foreign skilled workers it admits during 2012.

The agency that processes migrant applications, Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC),….read more »

Istanbul – Investment Hotspot

Posted Wednesday, February 8th, 2012 in Articles by Chris Please | Tags: ,

Istanbul has been ranked the number one city in Europe for property investment for the third year running in Pricewaterhousecoopers Emerging Trends in European Real Estate report for 2012.
The report contains the findings from a survey of 600 of Europe’s….read more »

Record numbers visit Turkey

Posted Wednesday, February 8th, 2012 in Articles by Aimee Valaitis | Tags:

Tourist numbers to Turkey in 2011 were some of the highest ever recorded, with more than 31 million foreigners visiting the country, exceeding the country’s optimistic estimate of 30 million and representing a nine per cent year-on-year increase.

The most popular….read more »

Gran Canaria prepares for tourism surge

Posted Tuesday, February 7th, 2012 in Articles by Aimee Valaitis | Tags:

Holidays to the Spanish island of Gran Canaria increased by over 10 per cent last year, according to Aena, one of the largest air navigation services in Europe. Last year, nearly 10.5 million visitors flocked to the island for a….read more »

Overflowing dams cause celebrations in Cyprus

Posted Tuesday, February 7th, 2012 in Articles by Aimee Valaitis | Tags:

As bouts of heavy rainfall fell on Cyprus in January, several of the island’s reservoirs overflowed, some for the first time in years. In Paphos District, Argaka dam which has a capacity of 990,000 cubic metres, overflowed followed by another….read more »

Stability returning to the Bulgarian market?

Posted Monday, February 6th, 2012 in Articles by Aimee Valaitis | Tags:

Property-owners in Bulgaria will welcome the news that prices for apartments on the whole remained unchanged in the last quarter of 2011 compared to the third quarter, according to a new report from the Bulgarian National Statistics Institute.

Year-on-year,….read more »

Potential pitfall for mining migrants to Oz

Posted Monday, February 6th, 2012 in Articles by Aimee Valaitis | Tags:

Anyone hoping to land a job in Australia should take extra care after a number of Brits have been caught out by fraudulent recruiters.

There have been reports of agencies making false promises to British job-hunters looking to get employment….read more »

Big Apple, smaller bites

Posted Friday, February 3rd, 2012 in Articles by Aimee Valaitis | Tags:

Americans may have come to the end of a 50-year obsession with everything big as the “Great Recession” appears to have taken the edge off the appeal of owning a multi-roomed McMansion. Despite many large homes now being available at….read more »

VAT remains slashed on new homes in Spain

Posted Friday, February 3rd, 2012 in Articles by Aimee Valaitis | Tags:

A reduction of VAT on new holiday homes as well as main residences looks set to remain in Spain for the rest of 2012, after the country’s new government failed to impose suggested conditions on properties that qualify for the….read more »

Portugal weighs up new airport

Posted Thursday, February 2nd, 2012 in Articles by Aimee Valaitis | Tags:

Affordable air access to Portugal could soon improve after the Portuguese Ministry for Economy and Employment announced they are considering making the recently completed airport at Beja a hub for low-cost carriers.

Beja airport is located in Portugal’s rural Lower Alentejo….read more »