Good cop, bad cop
By: Natasha Smith natasha@portugalresident.com AROUND 15 police officers in the American City of Annapolis stormed into an apartment with flash grenades where a couple were cooking their dinner, kicked the
Ride of a lifetime
By: Natasha Smith natasha@portugalresident.com A MAN in a wheelchair has been taken on a high-speed ride after being caught on the front bumper of a lorry without the driver realising.
Possible alien sighting
By: Natasha Smith natasha@portugalresident.com AN EMERGENCY operation took a bizarre turn when the patient started shedding green blood. The scene in Vancouver resembled an episode of the X-Files. The man
Going healthy through the summer
By: Dr. Thomas Kaiser dr.kaiser@portugalresident.com DEAR READER, In the past few weeks, the summer appears to have finally reached Portugal, so here are my tips for you how to enjoy
Evil teddy attack
By: Natasha Smith natasha@portugalresident.com BRITISH PUPILS are being sued by their Maths teacher, after they made a film where an evil teddy tries to kill him. The students, all aged
Food hijacker!
By: Natasha Smith natasha@portugalresident.com MOTORISTS IN eastern India have complained to authorities that an elephant continuously blocks the road and refuses to allow people to pass, unless they hand over
Reincarnation attempt
By: Natasha Smith natasha@portugalresident.com A FAMILY in India exhumed their relative, three days after he died, in the hope that a witch doctor could bring him back to life. The
Snake benefits
By: Natasha Smith natasha@portugalresident.com A SOUTH Korean Court has awarded an ex-soldier the right to claim benefits, after he developed a parasitic infection from eating raw snakes during survival training
At home and abroad
By: Skip Bandele skip@portugalresident.com LAST MONTH, I tried to highlight the positive aspects of the annual interaction, between holidaymakers and the residents of the corresponding host country, but it won’t
Coffee bar phenomenon
By: Paul McKay mckay@portugalresident.com Teacher, Paul McKay, left London to live a self-sufficient existence in the Monchique hills with his partner Martyn. He keeps an assortment of animals and grows