Hope and perseverance
By: MARGARET BROWN margaret@portugalresident.com Whether one suffers physical or emotional pain, perseverance is not an option because life must go on. As for character, the longer life lasts the more
Dangerous gnomes
By: Chris Middleton DURING AN International mail check, dozens of snakes and lizards were found stuffed inside garden gnomes. An Australian customs official discovered two snakes and three lizards wriggling
Get your winter collies started!
By: PAUL MCKAY mckay@portugalresident.com Bizarre as it may seem, the organised home-grower already needs to be thinking about early winter vegetables. The recent cloudy skies and chilly nights could lead
Crazy squirrel
By: Chris Middleton A VIOLENT squirrel attacked and injured three people in a German town. The squirrel, thought to be ill, ran into a house and attacked a 70-year-old woman
Censored Pirates
By: Chris Middleton ANGERED CHINESE government officials censored some of the new Pirates of the Caribbean movie as it depicts the Chinese as villainous and evil. Chow Yun-Fat, who plays
Alternatives to holiday let licensing – Part two
By: DENNIS SWING GREENE International Fiscal Consultant for euroFINESCO eurofinesco@portugalresident.com How to organise under RAU This is the second in a four part series examining different alternatives to Holiday Let
Girl saved by text
By: Chris Middleton A TEENAGER from Malaysia who was awoken by a night time noise quickly sent a text message to her mother. A man burst into her bedroom just
Nazi dog
By; Chris Middleton A BELGIAN businessman rejected a Nigerian job applicant because the businessman said his own dog was racist and would bite non-whites. When a 53-year-old Nigerian man arrived
The Blair legacy
By: MIKE JOHNSON johnson@portugalresident.com I BELIEVE that Tony Blair is the only British Prime Minister to not only announce his intention to resign two years in advance, but to fix
Investment opportunity in emerging markets
By: Bill Blevins Financial Correspondent, Blevins Franks IT HAS been the norm to plump for the known and reliable markets of the US, UK and more recently Continental Europe as