Bully-boy security guards terrorise Lisbon nightspot
Following hot-on-the-heels of warnings about restaurants charging exorbitant prices, the Resident has learnt of a Lisbon nightspot where bully-boy security guards literally terrorise customers. At least one has suffered horrific
Duarte Lima “will be tried for murder in Portugal”
On Interpol’s most-wanted list and remaining in Portugal to avoid arrest, former PSD MP and convicted felon Duarte Lima has heard that the murder trial he has been evading for
Outrage over jailing of Portuguese woman who called judges “gangs of organised criminals”
It is a case that goes back 16 years and which is causing a wave of outrage on social media. Fifty-year-old Maria de Lurdes Lopes Rodrigues entered Tires jail
New era of hope for Portugal
He’s funny, self-deprecating, hyperactive, a notorious hypochondriac and a darling of the people. Even before he was elected in January, 67-year-old university professor, former PSD minister and journalist Marcelo Rebelo
Oil concessions “free for all”
In a week when national media declares Portugal is “back on the oil exploration map”, the government has signed concessions that see almost every borough in the Algarve ring-fenced for
“Barefaced lies” – the truth behind “environmental plans” to cleanse Ria Formosa of its resident islanders
As the bulldozers start revving up for the real challenge in Polis Litoral’s €17 million ‘cleansing’ operation of “illegal homes” on Ria Formosa islands, the Resident goes to ground
Portugal shows Humanity … and launches the challenge “How often do you get to change a life?”
This is a chance to get involved in an inspirational initiative playing out in the Algarve next month. A gourmet event to raise money for a Humanitarian project, it promises
Sitting on Nazi gold: The extraordinary truth behind Portugal’s gold reserves
What would you say if you realised that far from being one of Europe’s poorest countries, Portugal is sitting on a massive gold pile? Worth in excess of €13 billion
Progress at Salgados? The good, the bad…and the ugly truth
It is two years since Portugal’s largest environmental protest got underway in a bid to save Lagoa dos Salgados from the horrors of coastal development. So, what – if anything
British family “disgusted” as Portuguese murderer allowed home
The family of woman murdered by her Portuguese ex-boyfriend almost nine years ago have said a decision to deport him back to Portugal to serve the rest of his sentence