Poll results – October 5, 2007 – World Travel Awards 2007
The question that was asked: Do you believe that Algarve’s candidacy in 12 categories of the World Travel Awards 2007 could cement the region’s reputation as a top holiday destination
Portimão hosts opera nights
Portimão is hosting the first Opera Festival to be held outside Teatro Nacional de S. Carlos in Lisbon, the most important opera theatre in the country, from next week. Portimão
Portuguese neo-Nazis threaten magistrate
THE PROSECUTION magistrate who has indicted 36 members of a Portuguese neo-Nazis group is facing threats on her safety and well-being. The threats against Cândida Vilar from the Portuguese Hammerskins
Record for diabetics
A GROUP of 26 diabetics from the Associação de Jovens Diabéticos de Portugal, a national association for people suffering from the disease, reached the top of the Toubkal mountain, in
REN says pylon plans will stay unchanged
By: ELOISE WALTON eloise@portugalresident.com NATIONAL ELECTRICITY company REN has rejected three proposals put forward by local residents in reaction to the company’s plans for a series of pylons between Tunes
Savings bonds for the rich
ONE HALF of savings certificates, bonds and schemes held in Portuguese bank accounts are in the hands of the country’s wealthiest citizens, according to a new report. Government Savings Bonds
Standing ovations for Rod Stewart
ROD Stewart was the star act at the gala celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Estoril Sol casino during the weekend. Many personalities from politics, business and culture attended the
Subprime crisis to affect Portugal in 2008
THE EFFECTS of the credit crisis in the United States mortgage and housing market are only likely to filter through to Portugal next year. According to real estate analysts and
The image of God
By: MARGARET BROWN TO WORSHIP the invisible Christ, to believe in he who can neither be seen nor heard, and then to deposit our troubles at his feet must surely
Theatre restored
LOULÉ CÂMARA is to invest four million euros to restore the city’s old theatre. The building was bought from private owners four years ago and last September the Câmara launched