Called Associação Lighthouse Global, the organisation works with children, young people and families facing challenging circumstances, to provide educational support, opportunities to learn new skills, encouragement and, perhaps most importantly,

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Getting it wrong can mean paying unnecessary tax, facing unexpected reporting obligations, or attracting attention from the tax authorities. Some British expatriates assume they remain taxable only in the UK

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There’s too much to say about Leiria district, a foremost Portuguese administrative division, hugely impacted and still sore after the devastation of Storm Kristin, which sometimes feels forsaken. It’s Leiria

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It’s the crisp Atlantic breeze rolling over the coast between Peniche and Nazaré, the world-famous surf breaks, the endless orchards of Rocha pears and apples stretching across Caldas da Rainha,

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This week I am not writing about a car. This is the Fiat Topolino. Legally, it’s a quadricycle, but I look at it and the word that comes to mind

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Various venues have hosted the Autumn Mediterranean Garden Fair over the years, but the wonderful increasing support of plant lovers and gardeners has been the main inspiration for our volunteers.

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As it turns out, among the dust and accumulation of long-forgotten things, the dark glass was, is, an early photographic negative. But this isn’t any old negative, or for that

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The legislative landscape of immigration in Portugal has undergone one of its deepest mutations with the publication of Law No. 62/2026 of September 10. This new statute radically alters the

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A comforting but irrelevant thought in these times of geopolitical uncertainty is that the value of Portugal’s gold bullion reserves has reached the point where every man, woman and child

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His father José Fernandes Aleixo from Loulé had moved to VRSA in search of work; his mother was a domestic worker from VRSA. When António was seven, the family moved

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This approach uses a series of gentle, carefully considered movements that begin at the feet, progressing upwards through the body and finally to the crown of the head. During treatment,

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Why? Because Portuguese wine can sometimes be daunting, and a wine that is consistent, classic and familiar can help bridge the gap. These visitors did not know this particular wine,

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Earlier this year, I spent several days at Cynthia Brix and Will Keepin’s retreat centre near Tavira, on a retreat they called ‘Body of Joy’. I went in curious and

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Every now and again, the weight seemed so great that there was an almost irresistible pull to stop struggling against it and simply allow the stones to take her down.

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