International Herald Tribune - Europe Sets Date When Deaths Overtake Births: 7 Years

Europe sets date when deaths overtake births: 7 years - International Herald Tribune

Europe sets date when deaths overtake births: 7 years International Herald Tribune, France - Aug 26, 2008 But by 2050 Britons, who both reproduce more and allow more immigration, are likely to outnumber Germans and within a further 10 years France, too, ...

Europe sets date when deaths overtake births: 7 years - International Herald Tribune But by 2050 Britons, who both reproduce more and allow more immigration, are likely to outnumber Germans and within a further 10 years France, too, should have leapfrogged its eastern neighbor in the populationrankings. The findings come in an official EU study, released Tuesday, which concedes for the first time that Europeans will begin their long foreseen demographic decline in just seven years' time - the point at which deaths exceedbirths. The report, published by the European Union's statistical agency Eurostat, reveals large variations between the birth rates of member states but paints an overall picture of an agingpopulation. The document does not explore the reasons for differences in European fertility. But it does hint at the profound economic and social changes likely to unfold during the next half century, as the proportion of older people growssteadily. According to the document, not only will Germany lose its status as Europe's most populous nation but several East European nations will experience a sharp drop in numbers - with populations shrinking by a quarter or more. By contrast Cyprus, Ireland and Luxembourg will all boost their numbers by at leasthalf. Immigration will not, on current trends, make up the shortfall in the working age population, the reportsays. Now with a combined total of 495 million people, the 27 nations that make up the EU will increase their population to a total of 521 million in 2035 before falling back to 506 million in2060. The document deals only with population trends in Europe. According to another report published last year, the United States population will increase from 301 million to 468 million in 2060, including 105 million new immigrants. The study, by Steven Camarota, director of research at the Center for Immigration Studies, an independent research institute, used U.S. Census Bureau data and Census Bureau assumptions about future birth and deathrates. Officials stress that the European projections should be treated with caution because they assume current trends continue and that there is no change of policy to deal with the looming demographiccrisis. But for Europeans the economic implications of an aging population are stark. By 2060 the United Kingdom will have 77 million people; France, 72 million and Germany, 71 million. Italy's population will grow slightly then fall back to its current level of 59 million while Spain will increase from 45 million to 51million. But Poland, which currently numbers 38 million, will drop to 31 million, a reduction of 18 percent. Meanwhile even bigger decreases will hit Bulgaria (28 percent), Latvia (26 percent, Lithuania (24 percent) and Romania (21percent). By contrast the population of Cyprus will grow by 66 percent, Ireland by 53 percent, Luxembourg by 52 percent and the United Kingdom byone-quarter. From this point onwards positive net migration will be the only population growthfactor. Last week, German researchers from the Berlin Institute for Population and Development said that without immigration, the EU's population will shrink to 447 million by 2050, Reuters reported from Berlin. The experts predicted that some rural areas - notably in Poland, Bulgaria, Eastern Germany, northern Spain and southern Italy - will empty out completely, Reuterssaid. Most E-Mailed24 Hours|7 Days|30 Days1.Roger Cohen: Palin's American exception2.Thomas L.

The National - It’S Just War

It’s just war - The National

It’s just war The National, United Arab Emirates - Sep 11, 2008 While many Britons were moved by the suffering that unfolded in Greece, Britain had its eye on checking Russian expansion as much as it did on the ...

It’s just war - The National

Daily Mail - Patients With High Risk Of Stroke And Heart Attack 'Ignoring ...

Patients with high risk of stroke and heart attack 'ignoring ... - Daily Mail

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Patients with high risk of stroke and heart attack 'ignoring ... Daily Mail, UK - Sep 1, 2008 By Jenny Hope Britons at high risk of heart attack and stroke are ignoring doctors' advice to change their lifestyle, says a new survey. ...

Patients with high risk of stroke and heart attack 'ignoring ... - Daily Mail More than three-quarters are obese or overweight, with dangerously big stomachs, and most smokers have refused to give up. More than half have out-of-control blood pressure and 40 per cent have high cholesterol levels. Two out of three refuse to accept they are more at risk than other people their age - despite being given warnings and prescription drugs by their GP. The findings from a major European survey were released today at the European Society for Cardiology congress in Munich. Around one in three middle-aged Britons is at high risk of heart disease because of factors such as obesity, diabetes, family history, high cholesterol and blood pressure levels. This means they have a one in five chance of suffering a fatal heart attack unless they change their lifestyle. The new survey of 12 countries looked in detail at 381 patients in the UK, who had been diagnosed as 'high risk' at least six months earlier by their GPs. In many cases they were taking medication as a result. Almost 80 per cent of those who were smokers at the time had not given up despite smoking being a major cause of heart disease. Altogether 82 per cent of high risk patients were overweight or obese - half of whom were so fat it threatens their health. Four out of five had a dangerously large waist circumference, indicating deposits of abdominal fat that raise the chances of diabetes and heart problems. The EUROASPIRE survey showed about two out of five patients said they did not take regular exercise and had no plans to do so. Around half had diabetes, including seven per cent whose condition was detected when they were taking part in the survey and having various tests. In total, 57 per cent of patients had raised blood pressure despite three-quarters of them being on antihypertensive drugs. At least 40 per cent of patients had high blood cholesterol, even though the UK uses more statin drugs – which reduce cholesterol - than any other European country except Italy. Three out of four of those agreed, when they were asked whether everyone should know of their heart disease risk, compared with just 21 per cent in Bulgaria. But there was an alarming level of ignorance among British patients about their state of health. Altogether two-thirds said they did not think their risk of heart disease was higher than a person in the general population of the same age and sex, including 16 per cent who thought it was lower. Just 33 per cent believed it was higher - as their doctors had told them. Professor David Wood, an expert in cardiovascular medicine at the National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College, London, said the survey raised concerns that many Britons were in denial about their heart health. He said 'These figures are quite shocking. They should be managed much more rigorously and their lifestyle should be changing. He said European research showed that nurse-led programmes in GP surgeries were the best way to help high-risk heart patients change their lifestyle - and that of their partners. Four out of five families ate more fruit and vegetables when nurses got involved, and the number doing physical activity doubled, he said. The survey used trained technicians to question 381 patients who had been told they were at high risk of heart disease before developing any symptoms. They were prescribed drugs or being treated with dietary advice. The fact that so few smokers had quit goes against the national trend, with more people giving up since the ban on smoking in public. However, many of these patients in their 40s, 50s and 60s will have been smokers for decades. Print this article Read later Email to a friendShare this article: Digg it|Del.icio.us|Reddit|Newsvine|Nowpublic|Facebook|MySpace|FarkDM.has("readerComments");DM.has("debate");Add your commentsView allComments (0)No comments have so far been submitted. Singer has a flirty time with female friendSinger appears to lock lips with girl during a gig after party -->Lindsay Lohan 'back on drugs, binge-drinking and self-harming' ... In fact, he didn't have it at all...Can you inherit Alzheimer's? FOUR YEARS after he bought itHappy days for TV's Mr Nasty -->Girls just wanna have fun: Lindsay and Sam enjoy a romantic day out...

Litters - Times Online - A New Chapter For Flit

A new chapter for flit-litters - Times Online

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A new chapter for flit-litters Times Online, UK - Aug 30, 2008 ... in Bulgaria or Downhill in Dubai: Skiing in the Desert. Also, the literary output from North America, the third most popular destination for Britons, ...

A new chapter for flit-litters - Times Online And now, somewhat to our surprise, we had done it . We hadbought a house, taken French lessons, said our goodbyes, shipped over ourdogs and become foreigners.”It all happened because of a property. Mayle, a professional adman, and hiswife, Jennie, “saw it one afternoon and had mentally moved in by dinner”. Itdidn’t just mark the beginning of their new life in the Provençal hills – italso kick-started the British invasion of France and a whole new literarygenre: flit lit. IsabellaDusi went off to Montalcino, a medieval hilltop village in Tuscany, for hertwo-book deal, as did the American author Frances Mayes, whose Under theTuscan Sun was taken up by Hollywood and made into a film in 2003. ChrisStewart decamped to Andalusia, Anna Nicholas went from Mayfair to Mallorca(A Lizard in My Luggage) and Alex Browning went Shooting Caterpillars inSpain. Such escapism was perfect poolside reading and sucked in commuterswho fantasised about leaving behind the daily grind.A Year in Provence became an international sensation after serialisation inThe Sunday Times. It was translated into 17 languages and went on to sellmore than 1.5m copies – not bad considering it had an initial print run of3,000.So, what will it cost to follow in Mayle’s footsteps now? Head down to thesun-baked terraces and lavender fields of Provence and you’ll be lucky topick up a ruined farmhouse with some land. But almost everything has beenrenovated. Today, you have to pick something that was renovated, say, 20 or30 years ago, and redo it.”Prices for a 300-square-metre property, says Janssens, range from £1.2m up to£2.5m. He is selling a renovated 18th-century mas near Goult with a view ofthe Vaucluse mountains. The fourbed house with pool, staff flat and largegardens is for sale for £2m (020 8576 5582, www.winkworth.co.uk). Janssens picks the Drôme Provençal, known for its olive trees, where valuesare 30% less than southern Provence, as the next destination on the Mayletrail. A milder climate may costyou 20% more, but then you can grow lemons, avocados and olives.”Finding wrecks to do up in central Italy is altogether more difficult. After10 years in Italy, she went to Morocco and Algeria, where she ended up on adate farm in an oasis, and the resulting book, A Handful of Honey, has justbeen published.The shelves may be groaning with flit lit, but there are a few gaps. There’syet to be A Year in Bulgaria or Downhill in Dubai: Skiing in the Desert.Also, the literary output from North America, the third most populardestination for Britons, has yet to take off. Perhaps the commonlanguage doesn’t allow for comic misunderstanding; then there’s the lack ofold stone houses to do up. Or perhaps, dare I say it, Florida doesn’t appealto the budding man of letters.Rural France, it seems, still exerts the greatest pull. Among the latesttitles is The Field by the River by Ken Burnett, which combines an interestin natural history with the “let’s move to France” genre, recording thewildlife in the field adjoining his 350-year-old house in Brit-tany. Andthis week sees the publication of Chateau Monty: A Corking Wine Adventure byMonty Waldin, the enfant terrible of the organic wine world. Needless tosay, at the start of his new career abroad, he is hurtling towards 40. He now lives in a 1930s semi in Tuscany with an allotmentand a garage-cum-office built of straw bales. I’m sureMayle will raise a glass of vino.Flit lit: the rules1. Buy a property – it can be a maison-de-maître, chateau, cortijoor finca, whatever you like or the locals call it, but it must be awreck2. Choose a location or business proposal that hasn’t yet been written about:a brothel in Bulgaria? Make one stunningly rude and hilarious faux pas4. A team of workers must down tools in a Mediterranean-style huff, leavingyou stranded. You will then be saved by a local hero with a ruddy face androbust language who will initiate you into the secrets of village life5. Take up a hobby: boules, cooking, flamenco or truffle-hunting. Never suggest it is lonely or that you miss anything more than marmaladeand baked beans. The holiday spirit must reign supreme, but be rude aboutEnglish tourists who dream of moving abroad7. Take a hard look at the market with our indispensable guideThe ten most common pitfalls when buying abroad... Globrix Property Search - find property for sale and rent in the UK.Visit our classified services and find jobs, used cars, property or holidays. Use our dating service, read our births, marriages and deaths announcements, or place your advertisement.Copyright 2008 Times Newspapers Ltd.This service is provided on Times Newspapers' standard Terms and Conditions. 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- EU Extradition On Demand Undermines Justice

EU extradition on demand undermines justice - Telegraph.co.uk

EU extradition on demand undermines justice Telegraph.co.uk, United Kingdom - Sep 13, 2008 That measure will be a threat to the liberty of law-abiding Britons even if every EU country had uniformly high standards of justice. ...

EU extradition on demand undermines justice - Telegraph.co.uk Just how effective can be gauged from a measure passed by the European Parliament two weeks ago, which our own Government has just endorsed. Well, yes - but as the preamble to the new regulation states, the right itself is "not absolute". So EU bureaucrats, lawyers and parliamentarians have concluded that it can be dispensed with when doing so increases "efficiency".And indeed, it is unquestionably very inefficient to have all those pesky protections for people who are accused of crimes. They prevent the state from convicting people swiftly and cheaply. No trial in absentia can be fair, and the procedure can only be justified as a last, desperate response to the most exceptional and severe conditions. Standards vary enormously across Europe: the courts in some of the former Eastern bloc countries, such as Bulgaria and Romania, do not observe the same protections for those accused of crimes as courts in Britain. A study by the EU itself found that corruption in Romania is rife, and that the "Romanian anti-corruption effort keeps evaporating". He was detained in Romania on that charge for three months. His alleged victim can not be traced and did not appear or give evidence at any court hearing. In November 2004, he was released and required to leave Romania within five days - which he did.In March 2007, he received an email from the British embassy in Romania informing him that the Romanian courts had held a trial which had convicted him in absentia of sexual abuse. The court had sentenced him to seven years in prison - a sentence that had been confirmed on appeal. The Romanian government issued a European Arrest Warrant, and the British man was sent back to Romania. After another trial which lasted less than one hour, and at which the alleged victim was again not present, the seven-year sentence was confirmed. The Briton is now in prison in Romania - where he will stay until he has served his sentence.That case is not a piece of spurious anti-EU propaganda: it actually happened. Not one of the EU's existing "guarantees" made the slightest difference - and the new law will sweep away even those. Baroness Scotland, the Attorney General, has insisted that the new law will reinforce "a fundamental cornerstone of British justice". If she is right, then "British justice" is being transformed, under the bogus rubric of "combating the threat of terrorism", into a system that has all the protections and all the integrity of the Romanian or Bulgarian variety. High Treason has been committed and they must be brought to account and face the consequences.That the leader of Her Majesty's Opposition has been deafeningly silent on this matter, confirms his tacit approval of it. Now I might have an arrest warrant, trial in Austria in absentia etc. At present I live abroad and am married to a foreigner and have a new kid- I love the UK so does the wife. I can no longer rely on UK as a home.I'm now actively seeking to emigrate to Australia. I left UK 12 yrs ago and likely won't return, this is one of the reasons you see so many indiginous British leavning too.When UK reaffirms its commitment to its citizens, and leaves EU(SSR) / Franco Prussian Empire / 4th Reich will I come back. In the meantime if you have skills there are many countries that are far more democratic willing to take you, places that you can feel a part of that country. I want to be part of a country that I can be proud of Again. Posted by ariel on September 14, 2008 12:55 PMReport this commentMan On Waterloo. It is the mind control page on my site click my name...Posted by Life on September 14, 2008 12:41 PMReport this commentWhy am I not suprised at this eroding of justice? Get out of the EU now and stop immigration, indeed lets get rid of a large number who are already here, illegals, criminals etc. Reverse this bloody so called multicuturalism and stuff the EU.Posted by PKenny on September 14, 2008 12:36 PMReport this commentWhat I find amazing is that any of our readers are surprised by this. It has been the subject of many UKIP letters and warnings for the last 8 years. Now, despite their efforts to persuade the UK not to vote for the pro-fascists in the 2 main parties, we have it. We have only ourselves and our ballots to blame. Only a revolution will save us now.Posted by Roger Brady on September 14, 2008 12:33 PMReport this commentWhat I cannot understand is how 'supposedly' intelligent men!!!!!! I am appalled at the UK accepting this after one thousand years of common law which put the accused first.I feel that the decimation of the House of Lords was a prime example of destroying the British ways so that these unsound laws can then replace centuries of experience. The old House of Lords will never have rubber-stamped this insane Corpus Juris.Good job my parents did not live to see what has happened to the country they chose to live in for its sanity and safety!!!! And that was before any handouts at all.As usual, Dara.at 1.27am speaks nonsense!Posted by claudina apicella( damned labour, out of EU! A review of Baroness Scotland�s career points you very strongly towards understanding why such laws come into being. Patricia Scotland is one of Gordon Brown�s political appointments and what we get is a mediocre lawyer specialising in family law and political correctness, at least she fits in with the rest of the cabinet. As for reinforcing a fundamental cornerstone of British Justice, this seems contrary to several clauses of Magna Carta, Article 10 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and Act 6 of the European Convention on Human Rights. But, what should we expect?Even though the malicious report on the Irish referendum says that the people did not understand the treaty, I suspect that �did not understand� is a euphemism and the Irish people guessed (correctly) what it meant in practice. Does it harm you in any way?If you don't like it, look the other way. The answer is to just get us the f*** out of this institution we never voted for, never wanted, and have distrusted for years. Only once bricks start going through Whitehall windows and the police start getting a touch of the poll tax scaffold pole treatment and the fires start burning down Whitehall will there be the start of a movement for change. We don't want it - but what else is going to make any difference? Time to don the holey balaclava and angle grind a CCTV camera for freedom. Better still poke an MP and ban him from your local bar.75% of the country want a referendum on continued membership of this EU. CAMERON WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO ABOUT IT?The British have been told long enough. Time to cause some real mayhem in Brussels instead perhaps. Take a hamburger out of the mouth of a passing MEP and give it to the dog as a fitter beneficiary.Without anger this is never going to take off. You can either round people up, put them on trains, drive them off to a secluded forest destination and gas them OR if you wish to be subtle, you can do what the EU is doing to us.The EU is fundamentally about genocide.Something to think about. Posted by John McInnes on September 14, 2008 11:43 AMReport this commentLindsay Jenkins @ 10:22 AM - "What will Cameron do? He says he is sceptical of more powers passing to Brussels. I now have no confidence that Cameron will do anything about preventing more powers passing to Brussels, recovering powers, fundamentally re-negotiating our relationship with our European neighbours, or anything of the kind. When he was first elected as Conservative leader, I was very willing to give him the benefit of the doubt. Now I can draw up a list with at least half a dozen good reasons why he can't be trusted over the EU. Posted by mehmet ali on September 14, 2008 11:40 AMReport this commentWhy should anyone be surprised. The EU is destined to be the new Fourth European Reich ( German politicians now openly boast about this) which will do away with all forms of freedom, justice,democracy and the legal safeguards that we have enjoyed in Britain for centuries. This is the very thing we were fighting against in the 1940's ~ so why are our British politicians not fighting against it now? Did all those brave souls in the second world war die in vain? The piece of EU legislation removes any suggestion of national borders or rights pertaining to a nation state and its citizens. To sign this away so casually is rather shocking. We have long had bipartite extradition with almost every state involved here - this new law simply removes the need for a case to be made - before trial - to move a citizen from state A to state B. Is that what this enables?Posted by simon coulter on September 14, 2008 11:14 AMReport this commentOur so-called leaders have agreed to this so for now we have to live with it. If we want to be rid of it then we must get out of the EU which is my wish. Outside the EU the question of extradition will remain. As I understand it under English law it was necessary for a foreign prosecutor to provide prima facie evidence to an English court that a crime under English law had been committed. A judgement can go through normal appeal channels. This process has also been set aside by the extradition treaty with the USA which was intended for terrorist suspects but is used for what the USA considers economic crimes. There may be other instances.We should return to our own legal system. This is being interpreted, as a means to place Moslems, by allowing child marriage (itself, child sexual abuse) to become the 'norm' throughout Europe by no longer facing the stigma of being regarded as criminal. Not simply on the internet edition of the readers' comments. We are now subject to every law already 'passed' in every EU country and any they care to cook up today, tomorrow, the day after. None will have been passed by the UK parliament.The EU too is developing its own civil code and criminal code. Those in favour of the EU will argue that our MEPs will have agreed to them - well it willnt matter if they voted yes or no: their voices are in a minority.We are indeed in a dangerous fascist state - dangerous to each and every one of us. And to which the Labour gvoernment has agreed.What will Cameron do? Goodness me!Posted by Lindsay Jenkins on September 14, 2008 10:22 AMReport this commentAll we want to know is why European countries particularly Great Britain allow CIA EXTRAORDINARY RENDITIONS at our airports. Denied by Home Secretary Jack Straw at the time. Some of these detainees were sent to Guantanamo Bay and tortured. The British government has stated that CAMP DELTA contravenes international law. Conclusion: Laws only apply to US citizens..like Californian student John Walker Lindh caught in Afghanistan with the TALIBAN in 2001...no human rights for "foreign suspects". We need some consistency across Europe when the CIA kidnaps Arab "terrorists" off the streets of ROME....like the Israeli nuclear scientist in London? I DID NOT KNOW THAT YOU COULD BE TRIED WITHOUT BEING PRESENT. OR WITHOUT THE VICTIM BEING FOUND .WHY IS THAT MAN IN PRISON IN ROMANIA UNDER THOSE CIRCUMSTANCES ? A shame the author repeats the calumny, however: the text approved by the European Parliament EXPRESSLY requires the individual to have been notified of the forthcoming trial, in a language s/he understands, in time to arrange a proper defence. The author, however, repeats the claim that such a trial can occur without the individual knowing about it.Could we have some journalism rather than prejudice on these pages?Posted by Rob on September 14, 2008 9:57 AMReport this commentGraham Watson is a traitor, and my MEP. You live in a fascist Soviet collective and it is going to get a whole lot worse.New Statewatch Report: The Shape of Things to Come by Tony BunyanlinkThe EU is currently developing a new five year strategy for justice and home affairs and security policy for 2009-2014. The proposals set out by the shadowy "Future Group" set up by the Council of the European Union include a range of highly controversial measures including new technologies of surveillance, enhanced cooperation with the United States and harnessing the "digital tsunami". In the words of the EU Council presidency:"Every object the individual uses, every transaction they make and almost everywhere they go will create a detailed digital record. It shows how European governments and EU policy-makers are pursuing unfettered powers to access and gather masses of personal data on the everyday life of everyone � on the grounds that we can all be safe and secure from perceived "threats". The EU envisages the territory of the member states of the Union as a single legal area with delegated prosecutors based in all the member states. The implications for our legal system and individual rights are immense. The EU's own official book, Corpus Juris, makes this clear. Quote:"What we propose is a set of penal rules. The prosecutorial rules and powers are repressive: CORPUS JURIS PROSECUTORIAL POWERS 1) "Powers of investigation of the European Public Prosecutor (EPP) "will include g) To make requests for a person's remand in custody. This means that the EPP can incarcerate someone for months without charge merely because he thinks they might have committed an offence or might commit an offence. It appears that there is no limit to the number of 3-month extensions. There are no jurors, simple or otherwise. Your rights, held since Magna Carta are no more.Quotations from Corpus Juris (ISBV 27178/33447) Treat yourself Alasdair to this scary book or put 'Corpus Juris' in your search engine. What really scares me though Alasdair is the ignorance of our MPs and journalists as to how we are now governed. Posted by Val Cowell on September 14, 2008 9:44 AMReport this commentThis article is late, at least 12 years too late. See eg:"Tampere Summit Conclusions, 15 - 16 October 1999", reproduced here: link"The European Council held a special meeting on 15 and 16 October 1999 in Tampere on the creation of an area of freedom, security and justice in the European Union ... The European Council is determined to develop the Union as an area of freedom, security and justice by making full use of the possibilities offered by the Treaty of Amsterdam. It is patently without any semblance of balance. As written it allows no explanation of the real picture. I trust the DT/ST will quickly allow for someone who wants to inform rather than indoctrinate to have similar access to the readers. Once again we are asked by the DT/ST to believe that every government in the EU have agreed something that is either mad or corrupt. The tragedy is that some fools actually believe it.Posted by PRW Richardson on September 14, 2008 9:02 AMReport this commentJeez, I really want to leave this country and travel to our so called "partners" countries. Please tell me that I am safe not leaving the UK? Please tell me that they cannot wisk me away and lock me up without me actually having visited one of these charming countries? Magna Carta stopped atrocities such as these in Britain 800 years ago, we must congratulate the Labour government for turning the clock back. You are holdong out a real hostage to fortune here.The moment our government asks for the extradition of a DT hate-figure is the moment this is put to the test.I will come out with it Mr Palmer, I am honest. You are here:Telegraph>Opinion>Personal ViewContact us | Forgotten your password?

Go Travel Insurance - Ski 'On A Budget' (17 Sep 2008)

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Ski 'on a budget' (17 Sep 2008) Go Travel Insurance, UK - Sep 17, 2008 Caxton FX also advises Britons to steer clear of popular resorts such as Courchevel, Meribel, St Anton, Verbier and Courmayer and instead, opt for a trip to ...

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Sofia Echo - Don’Ts And Do's

Don’ts and Do's - Sofia Echo

Don’ts and Do's Sofia Echo, Bulgaria - Sep 4, 2008 In July, JJ arrived in Bulgaria, ready to move in. This time it was other Britons who killed his enthusiasm, he said. Some compatriots, living near JJ’s new ...

Don’ts and Do's - Sofia Echo The rush of Britons and Irish to buy properties in the country in the past several years is well known and scarcely worth commenting on. So, the Briton in question, J.J., contacts the company in October 2007, arrives in Bulgaria, sees the property and decides to buy it. If it were not for the company beating about the bush, as J.J. And he ended up paying more than 65 000 euro. In April 2008, the company’s lawyer called J.J. The deal was to be closed by June 2008 but then it turned out that an extra month was needed for the apartment to be finished because there was no electricity and water. This time it was other Britons who killed his enthusiasm, he said. Some compatriots, living near J.J.’s new apartment, told him that nothing had been done on the property because the constructor had no money left to finish the project. Any property purchase will now experience an interminable set of “problems” […] E-mails are now ignored, phone calls blocked. At the last moment, he cannot be contacted / is unable to attend. Anything to create delay / waste your time and money,” J.J.’s letter said. On August 11 in a desperate attempt to defend his rights, J.J. Eventually, he was arrested and charged with assault in Bourgas but there was no trace of his money.J.J. He only had an errand agreement.After J.J. We then paid them the money and the deal was supposed to complete on March 15 2007. They said there was a problem with the land, which was completely untrue, and they maintained this deceit until they were forced to complete in early March this year.” J.D. He then heard no more from them, again despite what they say in their emails, until after we spoke to him (and contacted them) during a further visit to Bulgaria in January of this year,” J.D. It turned out that police had indeed received tip-offs about the company. One of them had led to a pre-trial investigation.[…] The tip-offs had been received over the past two years and this is the only information I can give you,” the police official said, leaving the whole saga entirely in the hands of Bulgaria’s judiciary.Do’sJ.J and J.D. Clients should look for a longstanding agency on the market, which in the Bulgarian case is 10-15 years because it is a young market,” Stoyanov said. The fact that a company has operated for 10-15 years on the market is a guarantee of quality. Such an agency will want to preserve its image and willn’t let its clients down,” he said. They lack know-how, neither do they know the market or want to know it.”It is also important to check whether the agency is a member of international and Bulgarian organisations. This guarantees quality.Step two is the brokerage contract. It is extremely important because it settles the type of property the client wants, the commission for the agency, the method of payment, the deal’s deadline and the way the contract can be annulled.Step three. Once the company finds its client a property, a consultation with lawyers should follow. Reputable real estate agencies offer such consultations. They either have a judicial department or work with lawyer’s offices. A reliable lawyer’s office will be one, which, just like in the real estate agency’s case, has existed for at least 10-15 years on the market.Step four. It is a sale-trade contract, which settles when the deal will be executed. Usually the deadline is within a month or 45 days. However, a good agency will continue supporting its client until the deal’s execution,” Stoyanov said.Step five. It is important to choose a notary of repute. Any unauthorised reproduction or use of it is strictly forbidden. Reproduction of this website's content is permitted only with prior written permission from the Editor-in-Chief, should be propertly acredited and provide an active link back to our site.

- Britons Work Almost Two Hours More Per Week Than The Average European

Britons work almost two hours more per week than the average European - Telegraph.co.uk

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Britons work almost two hours more per week than the average European Telegraph.co.uk, United Kingdom - Sep 3, 2008 Only workers in Romania and Bulgaria work longer at an average of 41.7 hours a week. By comparison, the French spend an average of just 37.7 hours a week at ... Britons work longest hours in Europe Metro all 3 news articles

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Sofia Echo - CAA To Assist Stranded Britons Return Home

CAA to assist stranded Britons return home - Sofia Echo

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CAA to assist stranded Britons return home Sofia Echo, Bulgaria - Sep 15, 2008 It was not immediately clear whether any Britons in Bulgaria were affected by XL's collapse, but the Irish Independent reported that a group of 25 Irish ... The great XL airlift The Sun all 1,323 news articles

CAA to assist stranded Britons return home - Sofia Echo The passports of the group, who had booked their flights with XL Airways, were confiscated.“Following an intervention by Irish politicians, the Irish embassy and local police, the belongings were returned by hotel staff. In most cases, hotels will be paid directly by the administrator on behalf of the CAA so that no additional expenses will have to be paid by the clients. Any unauthorised reproduction or use of it is strictly forbidden. Reproduction of this website's content is permitted only with prior written permission from the Editor-in-Chief, should be propertly acredited and provide an active link back to our site.