Luggage labels
NEIGHBOURS of Madeleine’s aunt have designed special luggage labels featuring her picture and police contact details. Jacqueline McKernan and Elaine Doyle hope their campaign will keep the search for Madeleine
Medina found
AN ISLAMIC medina (old town) from the 10th Century was uncovered in Vila Real de Santo António last week, following archaeological excavations in Cacela Velha. Between May 7 and July
National monument’s tragic abandonment
By: ELOISE WALTON eloise@portugalresident.com SILVES CATHEDRAL’S roof is at risk of imminent collapse, a report carried out by the Ministry of Culture has revealed (see Resident edition of July 13).
Network lunch
Why all the buzz about Bowen? What is it? How does it work and can something really so simple help all that ails us? With proven success for correcting muscular-skeletal
No to polluting companies
ALJEZUR DISTRICT has created an industrial park where polluting activities are not welcome. Although Aljezur is one of the poorest districts in the Algarve, the local Câmara has decided that
Officials confirmed
UN SECRETARY General, Ban Ki-moon, and US Secretary of State, Condoleezza Rice were due to attend the delayed meeting of the Middle East Quartet in Lisbon, yesterday (Thursday). The meeting
Photographic speed control in Lisbon
SPEEDING FINES in Lisbon could range from between 60 euros and 2,500 euros thanks to a new system of radars which have been installed throughout the city. After tests, delays
Police to interview Robert Murat again
By: CECÍLIA PIRES cecilia@portugalresident.com ROBERT MURAT, the prime suspect in Madeleine McCann’s disappearance, is due to be interviewed by police again in the next few days as the PJ try
Poll results – July 20, 2007 – Investors put off by debt
The question that was asked: Do you believe that foreign investors will be put off by the level of debt in local câmaras across the Algarve? The results: 51% voted
Portugal’s first EU Presidency summit with Brazil
By: CHRIS GRAEME chris@portugalresident.com THE EUROPEAN Union’s external trade and political relations with the world’s fifth largest economy, Brazil, was top of the agenda at the EU-Brazil Summit in Lisbon.