Estate agents need to adjust to the times
Dear Editor What an interesting read in last week’s Algarve Resident ref. “Property on the Move”…it reminds that Real Estate agents tell us that we need to have our properties
Limit visitors to a maximum stay of just 90 days
Dear Editor, Portugal and the rest of the EU are short of cash, we hear in a constant refrain. Why, then, under the EU’s Schengen agreement do this group of
British living overseas should vote in British elections
Dear Editor, You are no doubt aware that the UK parliament is considering the voting rights of ex-pats, which currently expires after 15 years of living outside the UK. Those
Good move by Loulé Câmara
Dear Editor, I absolutely love the initiative by Loulé Câmara to tidy up the council’s rural areas by encouraging residents to install new house name signs. From the picture you
Please privatise CTT!
Dear Editor, I really wish the government would move ahead with the privatisation of the postal company CTT and consequent liberalisation of this market. I work for a company that
Rubbish system
Dear Editor, I saw the article in the Algarve Resident of January 18, 2013. Here in Ireland they had a fixed rate per household for rubbish collection. They also changed
A22 tolls’ complication
Dear Editor, We own a property in the Algarve which we visit quite a few times through the year, and although we much preferred the A22 prior to the introduction
Blown (down) by the wind
Dear Editor, Here is a photograph of trees blown down just outside our apartment at Alto Golf and Country Club, Alvor, on Saturday, at around 3.30pm. You can see these
Pricing Portugal out of the market
Dear Editor, I am at a loss to understand what Troika and the Portuguese government are actually doing. It seems to me that the only outcome of what is happening
Ruins of Albufeira
Dear Editor, I am becoming increasingly depressed and angry about the many half-built and abandoned construction projects that are now seriously disfiguring Albufeira. How can those responsible at local, regional

