UK school wants to support Algarve school
Dear Editor, For several years now, the school where I work in Essex has been supporting a creche in the Olhão region by sending money, clothes and equipment. We are
China to open atomic bomb site for tourism
Officials in China are planning to turn the base where the country’s first atomic bomb was developed into a tourist attraction. According to the Xinhau news agency, around 6m yuan
Algarve, certainly the best beach destination!
Dear Editor, How wonderful to read in your newspaper last week that Portugal has been voted best European golf destination and the Algarve best beach destination in the World Travel
Finanças ignores taxpayers
Dear Editor, I have been a resident in the Algarve since 2004. I have chosen Portugal for love of the country. A country is a lot more than the state
Well done, Faro Mayor!
Dear Editor I hope it is possible, through your newspaper, to congratulate the Mayor of Faro for his stance on cancelling the students’ bull-running event. I am visiting the Algarve
In a state of suspension
Having just come back after a holiday in Somerset and West Wales in a state of suspension between our old life and what years remain in Portugal, there is a
Toll payment nightmare
Dear Editor, We own a property in the Algarve which we visit quite a few times through the year and although we much preferred the A22 prior to the introduction
Bottle travels from England to Australia
Four-year-old Jasmine Hudson describes how her message in a bottle dropped off Bournemouth pier in England turned up on a beach in Australia. Jasmine dropped the bottle in the water
Sorry excuses for restaurants
Dear Editor, Your recently introduced Gourmet Section, which is excellent by the way, has prompted me to write this letter. I follow your suggestions weekly and good gastronomy is something very
Juntas de Freguesia
Dear Editor, As I understand it, at present the government in Lisbon is looking at closing many rural Juntas de Freguesia (parish councils,) NOT for efficiency or even to meet

