Cheers! Make mine a vinho tinto, please
By: JENNY GRAINER jenny@portugalresident.com FREQUENTLY, I really do thank my Maker – especially allowing me to live in the beautiful Algarve where a Nanny State doesn’t try to control my
Portugal’s island paradise
Sponsored by PDM Travel pdm@portugalresident.com LOCATED APPROXIMATELY 200km off the west coast of Gabon, in the Gulf of Guinea, São Tomé and Príncipe is a tropical archipelago discovered by Portuguese
Travel Briefs
Sponsored by PDM TRAVEL pdm@portugalrersident.com Passport price hike THE COST of a British passport will increase for adults from 66 to 72 pounds sterling, this October, the third price rise
Fond memories for a calmer time
By: MARGARET BROWN margaret@portugalresident.com HAVING JUST come back from an 18-day visit to west Wales, during which the two of us were immobilised with arthritis, in no time at all
Losing faith for the young
By: MARGARET BROWN margaret@portugalresident.com IT IS a sad fact that older people predominate in many Church of England congregations. As a result, attendance is diminishing; churches are closing and fewer
Dutch courage
By: NATASHA SMITH natasha@portugalresident.com DURING A random vehicle check, Dutch police were baffled when they stopped an 84-year-old man, who did not have a driving licence. Not only had he
Free ride
By: NATASHA SMITH natasha@portugalresident.com POLICE IN Holland were shocked to see a car pass them with a man sitting on a bicycle that was strapped to the roof. The driver
Teen taskforce
By: NATASHA SMITH natasha@portugalresident.com POLICE IN Indian Kashmir have a new enemy committing immoral acts and it is not rebel militants. Teenagers have been spotted canoodling all over Srinagar, the
Slashing prices
By: NATASHA SMITH natasha@portugalresident.com IN NIGERIA, the retail price of machetes halved since the end of April’s general elections. This is said to be due to a lack of demand
Power gym
By: NATASHA SMITH natasha@portugalresident.com A FITNESS centre in Hong Kong has come up with a revolutionary and clean way of generating electricity. In order to help light the building, power