Measuring the World

Sponsored by: GRIFFIN BOOKSHOP features@algarveresident.com Measuring the World by Daniel Kehlmann is out in paperback at 12 euros. At the end of the 18th century, two brilliant and eccentric young

April 4, 2010by Portugal ResidentIn , ,

Showdown

Sponsored by: GRIFFIN BOOKSHOP features@algarveresident.com Showdown by Tilly Bagshawe is a wickedly sexy romp from the author of Venus Envy and A Kept Woman. Milly Lockwood Groves is stuck at

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Febuary 26 2010 Poll Results

Last week, following news of the severe weather conditions, which claimed the lives and homes of many people on the Island of Madeira, we asked readers whether they were concerned

March 5, 2010by shareitIn

February 12 2010 Poll Results

Last week, following claims by Algarve MEP Mendes Bota that the government is “discriminating against the Algarve” in this year’s public spending budget, we asked readers if they thought that

February 18, 2010by shareitIn

February 5 2010 Poll Results

Last week, following the announcement that Lagos Câmara will no longer be putting down stray animals at their kennels, we asked readers whether they think that stray animals should be

February 17, 2010by shareitIn

January 29 2010 Poll Results

Last week, following the announcement that hotel and tourism complex occupation levels across the Algarve in 2009 were the worst on record, we asked readers whether they think that the

February 4, 2010by shareitIn

January 22 2010 Poll Results

Last week, following statistics published by Eurostat revealing that increased foreign migration and an ageing population was on the cards for the Algarve region in the future, we asked readers

January 28, 2010by shareitIn

January 15 2010 Poll Results

Last week we asked: Do you believe it should be the responsibility of airlines to provide accommodation for stranded passengers? Two thirds of the voters felt that airlines should help

January 27, 2010by shareitIn

November 27 2009 Poll Results

The overwhelming majority of online voters said that they do make an effort to save water. A total of 89 per cent said that they do what they can to

November 26, 2009by shareitIn

November 20 2009 Poll Results

Last week, readers were asked whether they thought same-sex civil partnerships should become legal in Portugal. Opinion was fairly equally divided, with 53 percent of people who responded believing same-sex

November 19, 2009by shareitIn