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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

More properties were sold in Portugal during 2010 than in 2009 but the building sector in the country continues to be weak. According to the Portuguese Association of Real Estate

By Barrie Mahoney features@algarveresident.com Barrie Mahoney was a teacher, headteacher and school inspector in the UK, as well as a reporter in Spain, before moving to the Canary Islands as a

by Rachel Shepherd features@algarveresident.com Inspired by her seven-year-old daughter Francesca, a special needs child, Algarve resident Rachel Shepherd has set up a website to promote businesses and amenities in the

As Propdate.com goes from strength to strength in the Algarve, the company saw the A Place in the Sun Live exhibition in London last weekend as the perfect platform to

By Ricardo Chaves features@algarveresident.com Ricardo Chaves is Operations Director of Money Mais, the financial services company based in Almancil. Money Mais is an independent mortgage advisor and provides foreign exchange

An Australian schoolgirl had to cancel her 16th birthday party after her Facebook invitation went viral and close to 200,000 people said they would turn up at her house. The

Besse Cooper, a great-great-grandmother from Georgia in the USA has been officially recognised as the world’s oldest living person at 114 years and six months. Since her birth in 1896

Narcotics police in California may be used to dealing with ferocious dogs guarding dodgy properties but they were in for a surprise when they raided a house and were met