Music in the air for Mozart
• The Hohensalzburg fortress in Salzburg THIS YEAR marks the 250th anniversary of the birth of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Austria has planned a rich and varied calendar of events
EU energy
THE ROCKETING price of energy this winter has concentrated the minds of politicians throughout Europe. The issue has not just been the price and availability of oil from the Middle
Butterflies
A BORBOLETA (or The Butterfly in English) used to be the name of our family-run restaurant in the Algarve. My mother’s long-standing admiration of these delicate and beautiful creatures gave
A new year, a new bed – what a great idea!
IF YOU wake up with backache, there is possibility that your bed is a contributing factor. But this can happen long before the mattress sags in the middle, frays around
Understanding income tax for expatriates
ONCE YOU have retired to Portugal and/or live there for 183 days during any Portuguese tax year (the calendar year), you become a Portuguese tax resident and liable to pay
Welcome to the wonderful world of farming …
LIVING AS an evacuee in the year 1940 and having passed the usual exams at a local high school, my parents were faced with the problem of what to do
Politicians and hubris
“A MAN’S reach should exceed his grasp,” so poet Robert Browning once wrote. But nothing can justify the delusions of grandeur we are currently witnessing from some politicians. Too many
Death and taxes
SUCCESSION TAX was abolished by the Portuguese legislator and replaced by Stamp Duty with effect from January 2004. However, this does not mean that the beneficiaries of an estate do
Ride out the highs and lows of investing
IN THE past, you may have held a selection of investments such as equities, bonds and saving deposit accounts. Perhaps you held some from each category at the same time,
Gone fishing
From March 3 to 5 again at the NEC, the fishermen among us simply must pay a visit to the Go Fishing Show 2006. This is the UK’s biggest fishing