Ecumenism at risk
By: MARGARET BROWN POPE BENEDICT XVI, in the recent Motu Proprio (Papal pronouncement) of July 7, gave permission for the Latin Tridentine Mass, as affirmed at the Council of Trent
Car crazy
By: NATASHA SMITH natasha@portugalresident.com A MAN in Malaysia abandoned a Porsche he stole when it ran out of petrol but later went to the police station where it had been
Critical trifecta
By: NATASHA SMITH natasha@portugalresident.com A NOT so clever man in the US got a hat trick of arrests in the space of three hours on Sunday. He was charged with
Money bags
By: NATASHA SMITH natasha@portugalresident.com A WEALTHY businessman from the Middle East spent more than 100,000 pounds sterling in a London nightclub, in five hours. Manager of Crystal, a nightclub favoured
Nude cycling
By: NATASHA SMITH natasha@portugalresident.com A GERMAN man and two Austrians were fined by police in Serbia for cycling naked along the banks of the River Danube during a heat wave.
Motoring and taxation
By: MARK RAWCLIFFE mark@portugalresident.com Is the windscreen price correct? By Portuguese standards, the simple answer is yes. By European standards, the correct answer is no. It has been going on
UK interest rates rise again…
By: BILL BLEVINS Financial Correspondent, Blevins Franks blevins@portugalresident.com NOT TOO long ago a hot topic at UK dinner parties was property prices. Today it is interest rates and there is
Holiday lets and rental income – part two
By: DENNIS SWING GREENE International Fiscal Consultant for euroFINESCO eurofinesco@portugalresident.com SINCE NON-RESIDENTS are not eligible for the Simplified Regime, how do you best declare your rental income? The simplest way
The path through life
By: MARGARET BROWN margaret@portugalresident.com IT IS said that present times are a product of what has gone before, and in the here and now we are sowing seeds for the
Sensible money
By: RAOUL RUIZ MARTINEZ financial@portugalresident.com Investment Advisor Finesco financial Services, Ltd WITH THE increase of the Bank of England base rate to 5.75 per cent, there is now a genuine