Controlled burning now subject to tighter rules
Dear Editor, I refer to your article in the Algarve Resident dated March 7, entitled “Controlled burning now subject to tighter rules”. Firstly, I would like to thank the Resident
Condominiums
Ask Afpop In this new monthly column, afpop, Portugal’s largest foreign residents’ association, aims to answer some of the most frequently-asked questions by members. Q: We have recently moved into
London Calling
Missing in action People do sometimes just disappear and in a huge city like London it is perhaps slightly easier to do so. It is a particularly terrible ordeal for
Portugal and Britain, allies since 1147
With only a month to go before Brexit, many British people living in Portugal have been concerned as to their future status here. There has been a rush to get
How to validate/introduce your invoices in the Finanças portal
Ask Afpop In this new monthly column, afpop, Portugal’s largest foreign residents’ association, aims to answer some of the most frequently-asked questions by members. As you will know, it is
The debate over what we are – immigrants or expatriates
There seems to be an ongoing debate over the correct use of the term expatriate, or expat for short. This is worrisome for someone like ol’Pat who doesn’t want to
Portimão City of Sport 2019
For 2019, Portimão has the honour of being a European City of Sport. Having competed against other cities, Portimão won the award due to its sports programmes which are aimed
Immigrants or retirees?
In his book Algarve Visto Pelos Estrangeiros Séculos XII-XIX, António Ventura describes, in their own words, visits to the Algarve by 30 individuals – Arab, British, French, German, Italian, Polish
Losing our marbles
Happy New Year! It seems like only yesterday that we drove north as a family to celebrate the milestone millennium near Valladolid in northern Spain. My father had a glass
London Calling
Going, going, gone This could have been the title of a recent art exhibition in London but, actually, Norwegian artist Olafur Eliasson called his poignant display ‘Ice Watch’. The Tate