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By DAISY SAMPSON daisy.sampson@theresidentgroup.com Love it or hate it, Valentine’s Day is upon us, so why not use this as the perfect excuse to pamper yourself, or your partner, with

By Margaret Brown features@algarveresident.com Margaret Brown is one of the Algarve Resident’s longest standing contributors and has lived in the Algarve for more than 20 years. After so much rain

by Dr. Eduardo Serra Jorge features@algarveresident.com In his column, Lawyer Eduardo Serra Jorge from lawyers firm Eduardo Serra Jorge & Maria José Garcia – Sociedade de Advogados, R.L., will be

Dear Editor, My cat and dog were both strays and they are about the same age and grew up together.  My dog is actually a bitch and it is hard

By June Lover features@algarveresident.com After 35 years in the TV and film industry, June Lover retired to the Algarve in 2006.  Having owned a holiday property here for 12 years

A German national who shipped hundreds of live tarantulas into the US through the mail has pleaded guilty to a federal smuggling charge, prosecutors said. In pleading guilty the 37-year-old

By Stephen Anderson features@algarveresident.com Stephen Anderson is the Managing Director of Infinito Real Lda and has a broad knowledge of the real estate industry in Portugal. Having held senior positions

By PAULO SILVESTRE paulo.silvestre@theresidentgroup.com Valentine is a saint recognised by the Catholic Church who gives his name to lovers’ Valentine’s Day – and who ended up losing his head because

By DAISY SAMPSON daisy.sampson@theresidentgroup.com It’s all Barbie’s fault. Well, I am pinning the blame on Barbie but really some blame can be laid at the door of all those Rom-Com films,

A grand piano has mysteriously appeared on a sandbar in Florida, US. The appearance of the instrument near Biscayne Bay has prompted speculation that it may have been placed there