Portuguese documentary
NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC presented their first documentary filmed entirely in Portugal on Monday. It featured the pioneering work being carried out at the Lisbon aquarium and detailed behind the scenes work,
Portuguese lessons
KATE AND GERRY McCann are learning to speak Portuguese with their new friends in Praia da Luz. They are being taught informally by people they have met at the local
Premiere – July 19 – ALPHA DOG
Director: Nick Cassavetes Starring: Bruce Willis, Ben Foster, Emile Hirsch, Justin Timberlake, Sharon Stone Genre: Drama Based on a true story, Alpha Dog tells the tale of Jake Mazursky (Ben
Priceless historical documents on display
By: CHRIS GRAEME chris@portugalresident.com FOR ONLY the third time in living memory a set of priceless and historic Portuguese documents are on display in Lisbon. One of them, the Treaty
Property rental licences
AFTER SEVERAL months of hard work and a lengthy application process, businesses have still not received the necessary Licença de Utilização Turística, the property rental licence required to rent property
Property wrangle in Vila do Bispo
VILA DO Bispo Câmara is insisting the construction work in the Loteamento dos Carriços at Salema beach is legal and is expecting the government to intervene. The Câmara has rejected
Security reinforcements reduced in region
POLICE NUMBERS will be lower in the Algarve this summer compared with last year because they are needed elsewhere. Speaking in Vilamoura earlier this month, Portuguese Minister of Internal Administration,
Sewage control
SEWAGE SMELLS should be a thing of the past in Tavira once a new sewage treatment plant at Cabanas is completed later this summer. The new plant will render six
Slash council tax calls by landlord and tenants association
A REDUCTION in planning permission fees for doing up houses and apartments and setting out criteria for restoration and home improvement grants are just some of the measures being put
Snitch on your neighbour
By: MIKE JOHNSON johnson@portugalresident.com ONE OF the first things Gordon Brown did when he took over from Tony Blair as Prime Minister of the UK was to announce that he