Banking secrecy crackdown can affect you
By: BILL BLEVINS Financial Correspondent, Blevins Franks financial@portugalresident.com THE UK’S crackdown on tax evasion and banking secrecy is a clear and (to some) shocking message that banking secrecy is no
Lavish lingerie
By: SUZY TURNER suzy@portugalresident.com THIS AUTUMN, a great variety of lingerie is available to choose from by Sloggi, Triumph and Valisère. Triumph launches a number of collections including Famous Curves,
Faith in the media
By: MARGARET BROWN AN AEOLIAN harp makes music only when stirred by a passing breeze. In a similar manner people’s feelings are played upon by fact and rumour that in
Le Weekend
By: SUZY TURNER suzy@portugalresident.com IF YOU have ever spent the winter in Paris then you will understand why the French tend to abandon the city over the weekend. The so-called
Conception Day
By: NATASHA SMITH natasha@portugalresident IN AN effort to raise the birth rate, the Russian province of Ulyanovsk declared a Family Contact Day on Wednesday, which has unofficially been called Conception
Cop thief
By: NATASHA SMITH natasha@portugalresident.com A GROUP in Malaysia chased a thief who stole a woman’s purse, only to discover that he was actually a policeman. After hearing a woman scream
Road signs removed
IN ORDER to improve road safety, a town in Germany has decided to remove all traffic lights and stop signs from its downtown area. The new system came into effect
Wasting police time
By: SUZY TURNER suzy@portugalresident.com A COUPLE in the UK called the police when their eight-year-old daughter refused to go to bed. At 3am, officers were called to the house in
Child prodigy
By: NATASHA SMITH natasha@portugalresident A MATHEMATICS genius in China has become Hong Kong’s youngest undergraduate, at the age of nine. He breezed through his first day, saying that classes were
VAT and car taxation
By: PEDRO SIMÕES financial@portugalresident.com RECENTLY, WE heard in the press that Portugal was sued by the European Union because VAT is being paid on car tax. However, that information was