Back to school
Three members of the committee of the Portugal branch of The Royal British Legion travelled to southern Spain recently to take part in training courses organised by Spain South, the
Big Cats for dinner
The Hotel Garbe in Armação de Pêra is holding another dinner-theatre evening with The Jefferies English Theatre group, on February 1, 2 and 3, and February 15, 16 and 17.
British Community Council of Lisbon meeting
A well attended meeting of the British Community Council (BCC) of Lisbon, a voluntary body which brings together English-speaking people from many walks of life, took place recently at Cheshire
Bush defiant as he prepares for second term
Want to make yourself really unpopular in Europe? Just a few words will do it – “Bush is not the anti-Christ”. There, I’ve said it! American Republican Presidents are never
Car insurance validity
I think what has happened to me may be of interest and serve as a warning to all who have car insurance. On Saturday, December 11 a motorbike ran into
Carnival battles
From February 6 to 8, Loulé will once again throb with Carnival sound and colour. This year, the theme is ‘From the audience wars…to Carnival battles’ and the highlight of
Con man operating in the Algarve
On December 5 2004, my wife was by her stall at Fuseta market and, standing in front of our advertising board for horse safaris, was a short bald man wearing
Europe’s biggest and best
The A380 superjumbo, made by European company Airbus, was revealed at a lavish ceremony in the southwestern city of Toulouse last week. Here’s how the mammoth double-decker measures up –
Extreme drought forecast
This month has been declared the driest January in 104 years. The Portuguese Institute of Meteorology announced recently that, very soon, nearly the whole of mainland Portugal will be in
Fiscal matters – How, when and where to file
Contributed by Dennis Swing Greene International fiscal consultant, EuroFINESCO S.A. While, in the ‘good old days’, many were exempt from submitting IRS tax forms, the law has changed and now