Please DON’T privatise the CTT!

Dear Editor, Our friendly, helpful postman will lose his job. Our local post office in Odeceixe will be shut and we’ll have to travel 20km to collect our mail. In

February 22, 2013by shareitIn

Two premieres and snowfall

By Richard Lamberth A couple of weeks ago, we found ourselves jetting out of Faro on the way to the long-awaited stage premiere of Great Expectations in the West End.

February 22, 2013by shareitIn

Loss of channels

Dear Editor, This is a belated response to a letter you published back in December (Letter ‘Bursting the expat bubble’ – December 20, 2012 edition). The sender (Jakob Lagerqvist) said

February 22, 2013by shareitIn

The golden visa

Dear Editor, The Government’s quest to attract foreign investment from non EU residents into Portugal through the concession of “Golden Residency Permits” raises a number of issues worthy of public

February 15, 2013by shareitIn

Praia Grande Nature Park

Dear Editor, Thank you for your very full and admirable two page report on the so-called “public session” of Silves Câmara on February 4 about the proposed Praia Grande development.

February 15, 2013by shareitIn

Extra property tax for luxury houses

Dear Editor, The extra tax policy was implemented to bring extra revenue for the State Budget. However, there is a direct and immediate trade-off. For every property to pay the

February 15, 2013by shareitIn

Good news for property market

Dear Editor, I was very pleased to read in last week’s edition that things finally appear to be picking up on the real estate market. I wonder if it is

February 8, 2013by shareitIn