Alternatives to holiday let licensing – Part one
By: Dennis Swing-Green International Fiscal Consultant for euroFINESCO eurofinesco@portugalresident.com Ways of keeping your habitation licence THIS SPRING, for the third consecutive year, inspectors from Autoridade de Segurança Alimentar e Económica
Let the train take the strain
Sponsored by: PDM TRAVEL pdm@portugalresident.com Regular readers will know that we are very enthusiastic about a great scheme from the Portuguese national rail company – CP Comboios de Portugal –
Keeping the faith abroad
By: MARGARET BROWN margaret@portugalresident.com BEING ON holiday offers a change of scenery, a different perspective on life and a shock to the system, which can be quite tiring at times.
Innovation in inebriation
By: Natasha Smith nastasha@portugalresident.com A NEW powdered form of alcohol called Booz2go has been invented by five students at Helicon Vocational Institute near Amsterdam. The powder is available in 20g
Possible alien sighting
By: Natasha Smith natasha@portugalresident.com AN EMERGENCY operation took a bizarre turn when the patient started shedding green blood. The scene in Vancouver resembled an episode of the X-Files. The man
Standing the test of time
By: Natasha Smith natasha@portugalresident.com A WORLD War I veteran’s watch, lost nearly a century ago, has stood the test of time. William B. Gill lost his watch in France, where
Good cop, bad cop
By: Natasha Smith natasha@portugalresident.com AROUND 15 police officers in the American City of Annapolis stormed into an apartment with flash grenades where a couple were cooking their dinner, kicked the
Ride of a lifetime
By: Natasha Smith natasha@portugalresident.com A MAN in a wheelchair has been taken on a high-speed ride after being caught on the front bumper of a lorry without the driver realising.
Gay hotel
By: Natasha Smith natasha@portugalresident.com A HOTEL in Australia has won the right to ban heterosexuals from coming to the premises to use the bars. It is believed to be a
Snake benefits
By: Natasha Smith natasha@portugalresident.com A SOUTH Korean Court has awarded an ex-soldier the right to claim benefits, after he developed a parasitic infection from eating raw snakes during survival training