Prosecution case falters
A BALLISTICS expert told Albufeira Court last Friday, March 30, that he could not conclusively determine whether the firearms, which had been retrieved from murdered Irishman Michael Ahern’s car and
Algarve trends
‘FIND OUT the incoming trends and changes in the Algarve’ is the title of the next Network meeting, in which Dr. António Pina, Civil Governor of the Algarve, is one
Allgarve scandal deepens
By: Caroline Cunha caroline@portugalresident.com THOSE POLITICIANS and authorities opposing the government’s controversial Allgarve promotional campaign were given some valuable ammunition this week after it emerged a website of the same
Almost off and running
THE COUNTDOWN has begun … In less than six weeks, 20 people will participate in Ride the Algarve Way, a charity event where horse back riders will ride across the
ASAE gets tough
SINCE JANUARY 2006, the Autoridade para a Segurança Alimentar e Económica (ASAE), the authority which controls food safety and operating procedures at shops and businesses, suspended the activities of 500
At the forefront of outdoor furniture
IF YOU’VE decided that you want to be at the cutting edge of garden furniture design, then Home & Patio in Almancil make available for their clients some options in
Bank takes Brit for a ride
By: Natasha Smith natasha@portugalresident.com BRITISH RESIDENT, Les De Vine, battled BPN bank for two months, after 94.35 euros was deducted in charges from a money order for 273.6 US dollars.
Citizens pay 430 euros a year in tax
IN JUST three years, two Portuguese governments succeeded in blowing 12.8 billion euros in the day to day running of the country. The various ministries alone spent 216.3 million euros,
Controversy over Salazar ‘The Great’
THE AUTHORITARIAN dictator António de Oliveira Salazar was voted the ‘Greatest Personality in Portuguese History’ in the recent RTP programme Os Grandes Portugueses (The Greatest Portuguese). The 1930s economist won
Crashes and penalties
By: Louise Pimm louise@portugalresident.com FOR THE first time since 2001, Portugal hosted a FIA World Rally Championship round. However, organisers have been fined 37,500 euros by FIA after five people