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hen walkingdown Dublin’sO’Connell Streettoday I encounter Poles,Romanians, Lithuanians,Chinese, Nigerians and peoplefrom all parts of the globe, Isigh to myself that I was oncelike you – a new immigrant.Indeed, when I arrived fromGlasgow exactly thirty-fiveyears ago, in autumn 1972,I felt like an Algerian com-ing to Paris. A Catholic, bornin Presbyterian Scotland withIrish-born grandparents, I wasfamiliar with the deeply-root-ed Catholicism of my adoptedEire, the powerhouse of aspiritual empire. Yet, its over- whelming hold on the ethosof the Ireland then came as ashock to one accustomed to amore secular-minded Scotland.I still vividly remember my first impressions of arriving by boat at Dun Laoghaire. Thethrill of driving into Dublinon a hired van with all my worldly goods, mainly books.Finding storage to dump thesepossessions until I foundaccommodation. The senseof being totally alone on aSaturday night in a foreign city when my friend Bill Heaney departed from Dublin portreturning the van to Scotland.That Sunday I awoke in a hotelto face the reality that I wasnow living in a strange capitalcity: map in hand, findingmy way around by bus, train,sometimes by taxi and oftenon foot; adjusting to Irishaccents, as I tried to make my Scottish tongue pronounceintelligible English; the searchfor rented accommodation,starting work and saving upto buy a car and then my ownhouse on Dublin’s northside.Soon I made friends and nolonger felt an outsider. Butfrom time to time, I would betold “to go back to the Gorbals– a working class slum inGlasgow – where you belong.”I now belong to multi-cultural Dublin. But I stillfeel both Scottish and Irish.

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Real estate gold rushor Lithuaniansin USA

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Port Hacourt, isiobodo Rivers Statena Niger Delta nke Nigeria

bu okwu akpu n’ọnu n’ogeugbu a. Ka ọdi ugbu a, iwu

onye aputalakwala n’abalid’ire na Port Harcourt. Onyeisi obodo Nigeria bu Alhaji

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Port Harcourt, thecapital city of RiversState in the Niger Delta of Nigeria is currently undercurfew due to fightingbetween militants andsecurity agencies. ThePresident, Alhaji Musa Yar’Adua has called fordialogue with the militants.

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нфлацията в Бълга- рия достигна 12%през август спрямосъщия месец на миналатагодина), показват последни-те данни на НационалнияСтатистичски Институт.Рекордното повишение нацените продължава вече вторипореден месец, след като презюли тя беше 8.4%. Инфлациятае изяла увеличението на пенси-ите и заплатите в бюджетнатасфера, които бяха увеличениноминално с 10%. Месечна-та инфлация през август е3.1%. Инфлацията за периода януари-август 2007 г. спрямосъщия период на миналатагодина е 6.3 на сто.Най-мрачните прогнози наанализаторите за ръст на цени-те на годишна база от 11%, сеоказаха под реалните цифри.В основа на повишението презавгуст стоят хранителнитепродукти, които са поскъп-нали със 7.3%, следвани отобщественото хранене с 4.8%.Нехранителните стоки оставатбез промяна.През летния месец с над 10%са се увеличили цените набрашното, хляба, птичетомесо - с 11,9%, кашкавала иостаналите млечни продукти.Повишението при плодоветеи зеленчуците е от 3 до 10%.В групите на нехранителнитестоки и услугите през август сасе увеличили цените за наемна жилища - с 1,5%, материализа ремонт и поддържане на до-мовете - с 0,8 на сто, водоснаб-дяване - с 0,5% и газообразнигорива за битови нужди - с0,6 %.Ново увеличение на цените встраната се очаква след катопреди дни “Булгаргаз” настояза повишение на прородниягаз с 11% от 1 октомври.

ear-on-year inflationat the end of themonth rose to 12%from 8,4% the previousmonth preliminary datafrom the country’s NationalStatistics Institute showed.Cumulative inflation for thefirst eight months of the year was 6,3%.Consumer prices in Bulgariarose by 3,1% in August,following a sharp increase infood prices, preliminary datafrom the country’s NationalStatistics Institute showedon Wednesday. Food pricesrose by 7,3% for the monthafter an extended droughtand the negative outlook forthis year’s harvest. Prices inthe services sector grew by0,3%, while non-food pricesremained flat comparedto July. The Socialist-ledgovernment targeted aninflation of 4,4% for the year,edging closer to meeting therequirements to adopt theeuro by 2010.But utility price hikes and thestrong increase of food pricesin July, when the consumer price index (CPI) rose by2,2%, have dashed thosehopes.In May, the InternationalMonetary Fund (IMF)forecast end-year inflationto reach 4,5%, while theEuropean Commissionestimated the CPI to rise by4,2%.

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S real estate and stock market crisis sparkedan investment ideato some brainy and wealthy Lithuanians, who startedbuying extremely cheap houses,hotels or even islands in America.Compared to Lithuanianmarket, US houses come twiceor three times cheaper, buteverybody understand that thissituation would not last. Tis is why real estate traders, who donot plan to go to USA and noteven have visa, browse on the web every day in search o gooddeals and buy houses withouthesitation.For example, one Lithuanianrecently purchased two storey 4 bedroom house in Detroitor as little as 19.000 USD,another is happy about moreserious investment – land lot onthe island o Caliornia shores.He paid USD 1.2 million orthe estate – the sum, which would not be able to grant himanything even close to bounty in America.

as vieniems blogai,kitiems – paranku ir netlabai pelningą. Pagaltokį principą gyvenantys kaikurie apsukrūs lietuviai dabarskuba pirkti gerokai atpigusiusnamus Jungtinėse Valstijose.Šios šalies nekilnojamojoturto rinką sukrėtusi krizėsupurtė pasaulio biržasir gerokai numušė būstokainas Amerikoje. Įvertinęšią aplinkybę ir tai, kad JAV dolerio kursas vis dar velkasitoli nuo euro aukštumų,Lietuvos verslininkai pradėjopirkti namus už Atlanto.Dabar Lietuvoje jau yra neviena dešimtis žmonių, kuriedraugams pasakoja ką tik pigiainusipirkę Amerikoje namą arviešbutį, kuris kainuoja pigiaunei mūsų šalies provincijosmiestuose. Antai dviejų aukštų mūrinįgyvenamąjį namą Mičiganovalstijos Detroito mieste galimanusipirkti vos už 52 tūkstančiusUSD. okių mažų kainų Lietuvoje nebėra nuo maždaug2001-ųjų.Nekilnojamasis turtas Amerikoje – perspektyvi rinka,todėl žinia greitai perduodamaiš lūpų į lūpas, o nusipirkusių namus ar butus už Atlantonuolat daugėja. Yra ir tokių,kurie JAV kurortuose turi netgipo keletą namų. ai nereiškia,kad iš Lietuvos plūstelės naujaemigrantų karta – niekas tenišvykti nesiruošia. iesiogšio namai nuomojami. Kitilaukia, kol rinka atsigaus, būstaipabrangs, o jie susižers gražauspelno.Vienas lietuvis už 1.2 milijonoUSD nusipirko nemažą sklypą saloje Ramiajame vandenynenetoli Kaliornijos. Jis neturi net JAV vizos ir artimiausiu metu į Ameriką nesiruošia: pastatus iržemę pirko per internetą. JAV bankams atitekusįnekilnojamąjį turtą, už kurįnesugebėjo paskolos išsimokėtisavininkai, pardavinėjašios šalies nekilnojamojoturto kompanija „Lie pliusInvestments“.Lietuvių dėmesys Amerikojeatpigusiu nekilnojamuoju turtupradėjo augti balandžio mėnesį,iš karto po to, kai šioje šalyjeprasidėjo ekonominė krizė.Gegužę R.Linkus tarpininkavosudarant 10 pastatų pirkimoir pardavimo sandorių. Birželįlietuviai nupirko 15 namų.Liepą buvo sudaryta beveik 40sandorių.Praėjusį mėnesį Amerikojeįsigyti nekilnojamojo turto jaupageidavo daugiau 65 Lietuvosgyventojai, o rugsėjį – dardaugiau.Visus reikalingus dokumentusparengti, juos siuntinėti į JAV ir atgal užtrunka nuo 4 iki 6savaičių. Ši paslauga kainuojaapie tūkstantį eurų.Krizę Amerikoje įžiebėamerikiečiams pinigus itinneatsakingai skolinę bankai.Namui pirkti piniguspasiskolinę JAV gyventojai pagalsudarytas sutartis pirmuosius2-4 metus mokėdavo mažesniusmokesčius. Ssutartyje būdavonumatyta, kad vėliau kreditoriaiįmokas gali didinti savonuožiūra.Į šį punktą piniguspasiskolinusių žmonių netneatkreipdavo dėmesio. Paskuiprasidėjo problemos.Pavyzdžiui, pirmuosius metusuž nusipirktą namą po 2tūkstančius USD mokėjęamerikiečiai staiga pastebėjo,kad įmoka padidėjo dukartus. Negalėdami išsimokėtigyventojai nutraukdavopaskolų sutartis, o namaiatitekdavo bankams. Šie,norėdami greičiau realizuotisukauptą nekilnojamąjį turtą, jį ėmė pardavinėti mažesnėmiskainomis, kurios vis krito ikivasaros vidurio.Siekdama sustabdyti krizę JAV valdžia skyrė 40 milijardų USDblogoms paskoloms padengti. Jei žmogus vis vien nusprendžianutraukti sutartį su banku, joturtą nuperka valstybė.odėl dabar nekilnojamojoturto kainos Amerikoje lengvaiįkandamos daugeliui EuroposSąjungos šalių gyvemtojų, taippat ir lietuviams.Gyvenamąjį namą nuošalesnėjevietoje su 5 miegamaisiaisgalima nusipirkti vos už19 tūkstančių dolerių.Gyvenamieji pastatai, kuriuoseyra 18-20 apgyvendintų butų,kainuoja apie 300 tūkstančių USD. Nuo 200 tūkst. iki350 tūkst. USD kainuoja16-20 kambarių viešbučiai.Didesnį 45 kambarių viešbutįant vandenyno kranto galimanusipirkti sumokėjus apie 400tūkst. USD.Ekspertai teigia, kad šiuo metuinvestuoti Amerikoje yra kurkas pelningiau nei Lietuvoje,kur nekilnojamojo turto kainosstabilizavosi ir kyla gerokailėčiau. Be to, jos gerokaiaukštensės negu JAV.Neabejojama, kad dabarnukritusi pastatų vertė Amerikoje vėliau kils į viršų, oišpūstos nekilnojamojo turtokainos Nidoje, Palangoje irkituose Lietuvos kurortuoseateityje gali sumažėti.

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