Travel News – For a new point of view – take the train
Sponsored by pdm travel pdm@portugalresident.com WE OFTEN use this page to tell you about exotic far-flung destinations and amazing long haul trips. This week we thought we would stay a
The gift of hope
By: Margaret Borwn margaret@portugalresident.com IT WAS with heavy hearts we came to Praia de Luz on May 6 for the morning service, knowing that a child had been missing for
The heat is rising with increasing interest rates
By: Raoul Ruiz Martinez Investment Advisor Finesco Financial Services Ltd. INTEREST RATE decisions by the Bank of England will already be dominating the headlines in the UK but just how
Football fury
GERMAN FOOTBALL stars, Michael Ballack and Oliver Kahn are due to receive 50,000 euros each in compensation after a sex toy company used their names without permission to sell vibrators.
Some useful advice on offshore banking
By: Bill Blevins Financial Correspondent Blevins Franks blevins@portugalresident.com BRITONS LIVING abroad tend to open an offshore bank account to help with their banking arrangements. You will also need to open
Bombs away
A SCHOOL in Wimborne, Dorset, was evacuated last week, after a student brought in what he believed was a harmless artefact to show friends. It turned out it was a
Lonely soul
A GERMAN man has been found seven years after he was reported to have died. His decomposed body was discovered in his bed, where an open television guide was found,
Drunk driver
A MAN in Germany failed his driving test because he was three times over the legal alcohol limit. His examiner could smell alcohol on him but the man insisted he
Unlikely match
SQUIRREL MONKEYS and the world’s largest rodents, capybaras, are living together in a zoo outside Tokyo, Japan. The creatures are both from Brazil but rarely meet and are not usually
Locked up
A DUMB criminal was locked up in a cell at a New Zealand police station – even though he was never arrested! He managed to break into the station and