Omega Parque to close doors
By RUTH SHARPE ruth@portugalresident.com OMEGA PARQUE Jardim Zoológico will be closing this month due to difficulties the park has faced from local authorities. According to Phillippa Birchenough, founder of Omega
Patrice live in Faro
PATRICE IS headlining this year’s Semana Académica da Universidade do Algarve, a student party which takes place from May 3 to May 12 in the Largo de São Francisco in
Residents’ bank saga
By: Ruth Sharpe ruth@portugalresident.com RESIDENTS THREATENED with their lives unless they revealed the security codes to their bank accounts to a group of robbers have hit out at the Portuguese
War on unlicensed villas
By CAROLINE CUNHA caroline@portugalresident.com GOVERNMENT INSPECTORS launched a mega operation last week targeting holiday villas and rental accommodation across the Algarve. A total of 147 fines were issued for various infractions,
Chinese food out of fashion
THE PORTUGUESE love affair with Chinese fast food restaurants is dwindling fast according to the Chinese-Portuguese Chamber of Commerce. Changing tastes, the craze for Japanese sushi, Indian food and other
Payments to non residents
By: Pedro Simões acoq@portugalresident.com PORTUGUESE CORPORATE tax guidelines specify special obligations when a Portuguese company contracts a non resident company or person to do a service. We will focus today
Portugal could launch new treaty for Europe
GERMAN CHANCELLOR Angela Merkel said recently that Portugal’s Presidency of the European Council in July could redesign a new Treaty for Europe. The accepted unofficial new leader of the European
Reflecting on the meaning of Easter
By: Margaret Brown margaret@portugalresident.com WRITING AFTER Sunday April 8, I look back upon Easter, surprised at how little I knew of the importance of Maundy Thursday in the Christian calendar.
The need to apologise
By: Mike Johnson mike.johnson@portugalresident.com SAYING SORRY used to be the method of apologising. I was brought up to believe you only said it when you truly regretted some deed or