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Austrian police say thieves have made off with an unusual heist — 21 tonnes of mustard and ketchup. The loot was in a semi-trailer parked in a lot over a

There was no sign of Dracula, but students in Transylvania did get a visit from dozens of bats that flapped through their classroom. The students at Csiky Gergely high school

A man in southern Mississippi, US, was accused of trying to walk out of a D’Iberville grocery store without paying for food items he had stuffed into his cargo shorts,

By Nigel Wright features@algarveresident.com Nigel Wright, and his wife Sue, moved to Portugal seven years ago and live in the countryside near Paderne with their three dogs. They lived and

Portugal Confidential is always looking for the newest of the new, and the coolest of the cool.  Recently we stumbled upon a cool new restaurant and a cool new product that

A man has been arrested at Miami (US) international airport with seven exotic snakes and three tortoises stuffed into his trousers. The US Transportation Security Administration said the man had

By Liz Griffiths features@algarveresident.com Liz Griffiths has a degree in Journalism and Editorial Design and, for six months, joined the Algarve Resident team as a news reporter and feature writer.

There was good news and bad news for the Portuguese property market in the latest Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors/Ci (RICS) Portuguese Housing Market Survey. However, according to the statistics,

By Dr. Eduardo Serra Jorge features@algarveresident.com In his column, Lawyer Eduardo Serra Jorge from lawyers firm Eduardo Serra Jorge & Maria José Garcia – Sociedade de Advogados, R.L., will be