Intermezzo trial update
A COUPLE will face murder charges when the Intermezzo trial begins on October 24 at Lagos Court. Corrine Caspar and Thierry Beille, both of French nationality, are the main murder
Lisbon and Almada launch mega water city project
By: CHRIS GRAEME chris@portugalresident.com A NEW city on the south banks of the River Tagus at Margueira to house up to 30,000 people could soon become a reality. The space-age
Mail and computers stolen in raid
By: CECÍLIA PIRES cecilia@portugalresident.com TWO COMPUTERS and several mail packages were taken in a raid on the Junta de Freguesia (parish council) building in Mexilhoeira Grande, near Portimão, over the
McCanns’ daily switching from victims to suspects
By: CECÍLIA PIRES cecilia@portugalresident.com MORE THAN 160 days since the disappearance of Madeleine McCann, the little girl and her parents continue to dominate the front pages of many newspapers in
Meal of your life winners!
CONGRATULATIONS TO the four winners of The Resident´s Meal of Your Life competition, Peter Kelly, Carol King, Rachel-Adam Smith and Stephanie Gray, who have each won a free meal for
New fairs centre in Tavira
A NEW centre for fairs and exhibitions was inaugurated last Friday (October 5) in Tavira. The local câmara invested 7.5 million euros in the facility through the municipality’s investments company,
New legislation for swimming pools
By ELOISE WALTON eloise@portugalresident.com FOLLOWING YEARS of reported cases of children drowning in Portugal, the Portuguese government is finally preparing new laws to help make swimming pools safer. Although there
New Tourism in Portugal and the Silver Coast
By: CHRIS GRAEME chris@portugalresident.com IN THE 1970s and 1980s, tourism in Portugal was cheap, cheerful and aimed at the masses – the package tour crowd. And for a while, packing
Paedophiles identified
POLÍCIA JUDICIÁRIA seized 148 computers containing paedophilia images in a surprise raid held on Tuesday in different regions of Portugal. The investigation started six months ago after two suspects in
Parkinson’s conference
PARKINSON’S DISEASE is the main theme of a special Seminar to be held in São Brás de Alportel, near Faro, on November 19. The event aims to debate how Parkinson’s