January 29 2010 Poll Results
Last week, following the announcement that hotel and tourism complex occupation levels across the Algarve in 2009 were the worst on record, we asked readers whether they think that the
Gingersaurus
A team of international scientists have discovered that one of the world’s best preserved dinosaurs was ginger. The team, led by Professor Mike Benton, a Palaeontologist from Bristol University revealed
Priceless!
An elderly British couple have been told that their umbrella stand is, in fact, a lost Chinese vase, worth more than their house. The vase, which has been valued at
Rental property insurance
By ALEX RAE features@algarveresident.com Alex Rae is Operations Director of British based company Tonic Underwriting, which offers specialist home insurance for anybody owning or occupying property in countries such as
Stray dogs (Algarve Resident, January 29 edition)
Dear Editor, Instead of ‘clamping down’ on stray dogs, perhaps the Portuguese people and authorities should try to address the root of the stray dog problem. This is twofold: Portuguese
Birthday treat
A British pensioner aims to break her own record for world’s oldest abseiler by throwing herself from the top of a public building on her 96th birthday. Doris Long, 95,
Crime spoiling Portugal’s beauty
Dear Editor, I have been coming to the Portugal since the early 1990s, and I have had a residence here in the Algarve since 2007. I have noticed a huge
Migrating birds
Dear Editor, I have lived in Loulé for 26 years and always look forward to “the return of the birds”. Today, January 27, I saw three house martins going back
A recession busting breakfast
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
January 22 2010 Poll Results
Last week, following statistics published by Eurostat revealing that increased foreign migration and an ageing population was on the cards for the Algarve region in the future, we asked readers