Environmental group seeks new members
By: CECÍLIA PIRES cecilia@portugalresident.com AN ALGARVE environmental group, Almargem, is hoping to attract new members from the expat communities in the region. Founded in 1988, the Algarve-based environmental association has
EU ministers optimistic
EUROPEAN UNION finance ministers said on Friday they were optimistic that the crisis in the volatile and risky sub-prime mortgage lending market was under control. Although accepting the risks for
Extra police
THE COMMANDANT of Lisbon’s Municipal Police warned last week that the city’s police force needs an extra 300 to 400 police officers to guarantee security in the city. This was
Flying even higher
FARO AIRPORT broke its passenger numbers record in August and predictions indicate that this will be the airport’s best year to date. By the end of the year, airport traffic
Former BBC man is McCanns’ new spokesman
UPDATED 11.15 HOURS, 18.09.07 FORMER BBC journalist and government media executive Clarence Mitchell has become Gerry and Kate McCann’s new spokesman, replacing Justine McGuinness. His appointment brings a wealth of
Forty per cent of road deaths involve under 30s
YOUNG PEOPLE under 30 account for 40 per cent of road traffic accident deaths according to an alarming set of new statistics. And 24 per cent of all deaths registered
GM protests condemned
FOLLOWING THE destruction of part of a genetically modified corn crop at Herdade das Lameiras in Silves (See The Resident, August 24), the President of Almargem, an Algarve-based environmental association,
Immigrant centre
A NEW local centre to help foreign immigrants to integrate in the county of Sintra was opened on August 17 in Mem Martins. Immigrants will be able to receive advice
In the presence of Picasso’s bull
PICASSO’S ETCHING of The Winged Bull, which he dedicated to his friend the bullfighter Pablo Lalande, is just one of a number of articles that have been entered for the
John Turner murder suspects released
THREE MEN who were found guilty of the murder of John Turner and sentenced to 22 years in prison on October 27, 2006 have been released. Ioan Rusus, Dumitru Pekura