Features

Tennis elbow, writer’s block and even athlete’s foot are problems than can cause considerable discomfort, and more than a little embarrassment. Adding to the list of potential health hazards, the

By BILL BLEVINS features@algarveresident.com Bill Blevins is the Managing Director of Blevins Franks. He has specialised in expatriate investment and tax planning for over 35 years. He has written books

By Raoul Ruiz Martinez features@algarveresident.com Raoul Ruiz Martinez is a consultant for Finesco Financial Services Ltd., Glasgow and regulated to advise on capital investments in both the UK and throughout

London Olympic organisers were left red-faced when a huge clock in Trafalgar Square marking the countdown to the 2012 Games stopped just hours after being unveiled at a glitzy ceremony.

More properties were sold in Portugal during 2010 than in 2009 but the building sector in the country continues to be weak. According to the Portuguese Association of Real Estate

An Australian schoolgirl had to cancel her 16th birthday party after her Facebook invitation went viral and close to 200,000 people said they would turn up at her house. The

The Faro Jewish Heritage Centre is the only remaining vestige of the first post-Inquisition Jewish presence in Portugal. The Marquis de Pombal invited 60 Jewish families, descendants of those who had

By Helga H. Hampton features@algarveresident.com German born Helga H. Hampton first came to the Algarve with her three children in 1972. After she and her husband retired, they became residents

By Barrie Mahoney features@algarveresident.com Barrie Mahoney was a teacher, headteacher and school inspector in the UK, as well as a reporter in Spain, before moving to the Canary Islands as a

by Rachel Shepherd features@algarveresident.com Inspired by her seven-year-old daughter Francesca, a special needs child, Algarve resident Rachel Shepherd has set up a website to promote businesses and amenities in the