Author: Portugal Resident

A MASSIVE worldwide balloon release is planned for today (Friday, June 22) to mark the 50th day of Madeleine McCann’s disappearance. It will be the first event of a longer

THE PSD leader, Marques Mendes, admitted on Saturday that his party is setting up a working group to carefully study the proposed TGV high speed rail link. After renewed doubts

A FIVE year old boy has been attacked by an adult chimpanzee that was loose in Bombarral, in the north of Portugal. The animal only released the child from its

THE PRESIDENT of Covilhã Câmara claims that the government is picking on it because of politically sensitive documents it holds over the Prime Minister’s qualifications. Carlos Pinto says that his

EUTHANASIA is supported by 39 per cent of Portuguese oncologists, a survey has revealed. Some 143 doctors dealing with terminally ill patients were interviewed as part of a study ‘A

THE FIRST televised nationwide debate involving the various candidates for the forthcoming Lisbon Câmara elections took place at the Electricity Museum. However, it has already caused a complaint to the

CONCERNS HAVE been raised that the appointment of José Socrates, Portugal’s Prime Minister, as the new President of the European Council will jeopardise Portugal’s internal affairs. Portuguese newspaper Correio da