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Number Of Foreign Nationals In Iceland Increasing, Yet Unemployment Rate Higher For Them
Frétablaðið reports that the number of foreign nationals in Iceland is increasing. It is also true, however, that the unemployment rate is higher for this group. According to the National Register of Iceland, foreign nationals make up 1.5% more of the population…
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Iceland Ranks Third In Expat Quality Of Life Index
Iceland has ranked third in a new quality of life index for expats run by Blacktower Financial Group. The index was calculated using six key metrics: world happiness ranking, average monthly salary, cost of living, property price to income ratio, quality of…
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Heroes & Villains: Immigrants and Expats
This week’s hero is immigrants. We live with the many benefits of immigrants every single day. They do the jobs no one else wants to do, which more often than not means gruelling physical labour, thankless social welfare posts or, worst of…
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Europe’s Ex-Best Kept Secret
Every now and then, Icelanders—and expats especially—complain about living on an island. The produce can certainly get old in every sense of the word, and then everything comes at an island price—it’s not cheap to fill a tank of gas. But imagine…