Dumped fiancée gets paid
A court has ordered a Brazilian man to pay $6,500 for saying “I don’t” to his former fiancée. Rio de Janeiro state Judge Benedicto Abicair said that Marcelo de Azevedo
Hundreds learn about Mediterranean gardens
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Selling a property in a buyer’s market
By Brett Hawkins features@algarveresident.com Brett Hawkins is the Managing Director of GMT 24:7, the first Home Emergency Response Service in the Algarve, delivering a rapid response to any household emergency,
Quality villa by the sea
Villa Yasmin – Price €550,000 Villa Yasmin is located in an urbanisation in the Galé area featuring delightful Moorish architecture and is just a few hundred metres from Praia do
Transferring your UK pension into a QROPS
By Paul Beckwith features@algarveresident.com Paul Beckwith is an International Financial Advisor working with Blacktower Financial Management (International) Limited The laws concerning UK private pensions were changed in 2006, on Pension
No aliens on Earth
In a blow to millions of conspiracy theorists, a member of Barack Obama’s administration said there was no credible information to suggest evidence of alien life is being kept from
Abdominal aortic aneurysm
By Dr. Sérgio Silva features@algarveresident.com Dr Sérgio Silva is a vascular surgeon, specialising in minimally invasive surgery, at the Department of Vascular Surgery at Hospital Particular do Algarve, both in
Rare one-eyed albino shark found
Scientists at the Interdisciplinary Centre of Marine Sciences (CICIMAR) in Mexico’s picturesque La Paz are perplexed by the discovery of an extremely rare Cyclops baby shark foetus earlier this year.
Cleaning woman damages sculpture
A modern art installation, valued at €800,000 was damaged after an overzealous cleaning woman scrubbed away a patina intended to look like a dried rain puddle. Martin Kippenberger’s When it
Snake in a cash machine
We all know the so-bad-it’s-good 2006 action film Snakes on a Plane. But the Samuel Jackson vehicle now appears to have a real-world sequel: a Spanish video that shows a