It’s your call
By Raoul Ruiz Martinez features@algarveresident.com Raoul Ruiz Martinez is a resident financial consultant for Finesco Financial Services Ltd., Glasgow. Finesco Financial Services Ltd is authorised and regulated by the Financial
Property market report
Quinta Properties, based at Quinta do Lago, has released its Spring Market Report, which concluded that “there are plenty of cash rich buyers looking to invest but they are very
Like the movies
Matt Still’s marriage proposal video, which he screened in a cinema to his unsuspecting girlfriend, has been viewed more than 13 million times on YouTube. Ginny Joiner, from Atlanta, US,
Noisy woman removed from train
A young woman who insisted on noisily chatting on her cell phone throughout a marathon 15-hour train ride was forcibly removed by police following numerous passenger complaints. The woman was
World football madness
Dear Editor, World football needs to be brought under control. Perhaps we should send in the United Nations! Sepp Blatter looked certain to win unopposed in the presidential election of
Rising crime in Albufeira
Dear Editor, As an apartment owner and regular visitor to Albufeira it saddens and worries me greatly to read of the recent muggings and robberies. I know friends who have
Albufeira Câmara’s double standards
Dear Editor, In reply to last week’s comments on nightlife in Albufeira, or should we say the lack of nightlife, I would love someone from the Câmara to help me
McCanns – no excuse for behaviour
Dear Editor, The McCanns are back trying to make more money out of the disappearance of their daughter and trying to stay in the headlines. No normal person with a
Oyster farming in the Algarve
By Helga H. Hampton features@algarveresident.com German born Helga H. Hampton first came to the Algarve with her three children in 1972. After she and her husband retired, they became residents
Buying a property in Portugal – TAXES Part 2
By Dra Cristina Marcelino features@algarveresident.com In her monthly column, lawyer Cristina Marcelino will be presenting legal advice to readers of the Algarve Resident. In 2004, she set up her own