Snake cargo
By: NATASHA SMITH features@algarveresident.com VIETNAMESE AUTHORITIES seized more than a tonne of ratsnakes from a Vietnam Airlines flight from Bangkok last week. This is the second time in little over
Student protests
By: NATASHA SMITH features@algarveresident.com AFTER FRIENDS of a student in the UK told him it was his time to go home after he had had a few too many drinks,
Tiguan’s EU success
features@algarveresident.com VOLKSWAGEN’S TIGUAN has taken over the Toyota RAV4 as the best selling SUV (sport utility vehicle) in Europe. With 34,179 vehicles sold between January and the end of May,
Try a new wine!
By: MAURICE LEE features@algarveresident.com Maurice Lee has lived in the Algarve for five years but has been visiting for 20 years. He is a retired Cellar Master and is part
A flood of country life
By: MARGARET BROWN features@algarveresident.com A STATE OF mild anarchy seems to be driving the local hunters as they lurk in the scrubland waiting for something warm blooded to come within
An unwelcome visitor
By: MARGARET BROWN features@algarveresident.com THE THERMOMETER had remained at 27°C despite longer nights and when I mentioned to a friend “enough is enough, roll on winter”, being somewhat exhausted by
Break through
FOR THE first time ever, doctors have successfully used gene therapy to treat children with a rare disease of the nervous system. The European Association for Leukodystrophy (ELA) said the
Monkey mischief
By: NATASHA SMITH features@algarveresident.com A MAN who smuggled a marmoset monkey on to a flight from Peru to the US under his hat was questioned by police on arrival at
Navigating the Algarve
By: MARGARET BROWN features@algarveresident.com HAVING READ that the Algarve is suffering a ‘weak drought’, I wondered for how long the region must continue without rain for the drought to become
Popular thefts
By: NATASHA SMITH features@algarveresident.com A GERMAN book fair has discovered an ingenious indicator of public interest in books by gauging which are most stolen. These books usually end up on