News Digest (1-15 November, 2013)

News Digest (1-15 November, 2013)

In November 2013, ee24.com continued surveys of houses and apartments that belong to the richest and the most famous people in the world. This time we considered real estate of the best players in the world, talked about luxurious Brigitte Bardot’s apartment for sale in Paris and followed up the destiny of John Lennon’s childhood home that has been put up for auction. That house has been sold to a “Beatles” fan who paid an arm and a leg for it. 

Famous people are unlikely to be afraid of losing money for purchasing a property. For them it seems more like a game than business. Portal ee24.com composed a top-10 review of the safest places in Europe for property investment.

Trying to find an alternative to London with its insanely high prices for housing, ee24.com compared the London district of Chelsea with not less expensive XVI arrondissement of Paris and highlighted five reasons in favor of buying housing in the French capital.

Continuing the topic about France, we are moving to Nice. Paradise does exist in the capital of the French Riviera. At least, the locals are sure of it. We also decided to believe them and made a special tour for our readers to the most prestigious residential developments in Nice.

Latvia continues to struggle with the reform regarding residence permits law, with no visible results so far. Portal ee24.com watches the development of the situation and informs why the President of Latvia has not approved the introduction of quotas for foreigners and what is awaiting the reform now. While an updated version of the law has not been adopted, the same number of people goes to Latvia and it makes sense to issue a warning about the black brokers’ activities. In this article you will find out what insidious methods are used to deceive unsuspecting clients in Latvia.

In the European countries it has recently become a fashion to offer monuments and ancient buildings for sale. The aim of such tendency is to patch up the holes in the budget. For example, in Spain, a number of ancient castles will be put up for auction and in Italy they are selling historical estates. Following the spirit of the time, portal ee24.com reviews the best six historic European buildings, which are subject to reconstruction.

The Spanish continue to delight us with the wonders of architectural thought. This time a Spanish architect created the concept of a mobile city on wheels. Portal ee24.com represents technical details and photos of this city of the future.

But pictures of the near future will heat imagination not only of the Spanish. The French, with their tendency to greatness, presented the project of a floating skyscraper. Read and learn why such an unusual house is required and who will pay for its creation.

The Bulgarians have also showed their gigantomania. From now on, space satellites will monitor construction sites in Bulgaria. It is curious who got that idea, isn’t it?

Passions about restitution of land nationalized by the Communists are continuing in the Czech Republic. This time, the Teutonic Order has declared its rights to a Czech land plot right after the Catholic Church and the Order of Malta. Read the article "The Crusade to the Czech Republic" to find out size of the plot and the eligibility of such intentions.