Gerry and Kate McCann to meet Pope
Parents of missing 4-year-old Madeleine McCann, Gerry and Kate McCann are to meet with the Pope this Wednesday (30 May). The McCanns are practicising Catholics and have attended Mass regularly
Night run
A CHARITY night run is being held at Lisbon’s Parque das Nações tomorrow (June 2) to raise money for Associação de Jovens Diabéticos (AJDP), an association for young diabetics. The
Parkinson’s support
A NEW office for the Associação Portuguesa de Doentes de Parkinson (APDPk), the national association for people with Parkinson’s disease, is due to open today (June 1) in Portimão. APDPk’s
Poll results – June 1, 2007 – Quarantine imposed
The question that was asked:- Do you think the six month quarantine for dogs and cats (following a Rabies vaccine and blood test) imposed by British authorities represents good sense
Portuguese in Spain
THE NUMBER of Portuguese working in Spain and signed up to the Spanish social security system has topped 75,000. According to the Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs in Spain,
Portuguese win Heinz contract
PORTUGUESE COMPANY Logoplaste has won a lucrative contract to produce the new labels and packaging for Heinz Ketchup in Europe. Heinz sells billions of euros worth of products in Europe
Portuguese Visão magazine features Algarve’s British
IN LAST week’s edition of Visão, a widely read Portuguese weekly magazine, The Resident’s Eloise Walton was featured in an article about British people living and working in the Algarve.
Pylon protests continue
AROUND 200 people held a protest last Wednesday (May 23), in front of the Civil Governor’s office in Faro, to oppose electricity company REN’s planned pylon route through Vale Fuzeiros,
Secrecy of Justice in Portugal
By: Roy Whitehouse – WIS International WITH PORTUGAL being in the world media spotlight at the moment, due to the alleged abduction of Madeleine McCann, there has been a great
Sickness absences investigated
THIRTY-ONE per cent of employees signed off sick or receiving incapacity benefit in Portugal have nothing wrong with them. These are the findings of a latest crackdown by Portugal’s Social