Socialist favoured to win in July elections
GOVERNING SOCIALIST PS party candidate, António Costa, has been widely tipped as the favourite to win the forthcoming Lisbon Câmara snap elections. Costa, the former Minister for Internal Administration, has
Suspect on tenterhooks
The only suspect in the case of missing Madeleine McCann remains on tenterhooks as the investigation continues. Despite three weeks of intensive investigation Robert Murat remains the only official suspect
The Police in Lisbon
REUNITED ROCK group, The Police, have confirmed that they will be performing in Lisbon on September 25. The concert will take place at the Estádio Nacional in Oeiras. After months
Measure for measure
By: Philip Bushill-Matthews MEP West Midlands Region Conservative Spokesman for Employment and Social Affairs brussels@portugalresident.com THE SO-CALLED “Metric Martyrs” are back in the news, following an announcement by the European
Don’t you forget about me
AN ESTIMATED global TV audience of 450million saw a two-minute film clip of Madeleine, entitled Find Madeleine, which was also played at Wembley before Chelsea beat Manchester United 1-0 in
Minute of silence for Madeleine
Staff from the Algarve Tourism Board and the Algarve Tourism Association joined together for a minute of silence for Madeleine McCann outside the head office in Faro at midday on
Motorway cameras have not been checked
By CECÍLIA PIRES cecilia@portugalresident.com INVESTIGATORS looking into the disappearance of Madeleine McCann have not checked the video cameras along the A22 motorway from Lagos and Vila Real de Santo António,
Murat’s wife speaks up
THE ESTRANGED wife of Robert Murat has said he was “not capable of hurting anybody”. Dawn Murat, of Hockering, Norfolk, in England,said in an interview with regional television station Anglia
Parents thank the world
ON TUESDAY, May 22, Gerry and Kate McCann, the parents of four-year-old Madeleine, have again thanked people in Portugal, the UK and around the world for their support during the
Poll results – May 11, 2007 – EU Constitution
ONLINE READERS were firmly divided over the Portuguese and Italian Prime Ministers’ view that a new constitution for the European Union should be drawn up during Portugal’s rotational presidency. A

