Author: Portugal Resident

DETAILS OF a major music festival, Alive, have been announced by promotions company Everything is New. The festival aims to replace Rock in Rio, which has moved to Spain this

A PUBLIC lucky dip for the sale of 18 subsidised apartments for couples and families without the means to buy on the open market, organised by Lisbon Câmara, took place

A SHOP selling herbal drugs has opened in Aveiro in central Portugal, the first in Europe outside of the Netherlands. The O Cogumelo Mágico, (The Magic Mushroom), is a retail

By: Chris Graeme chris@portugalresident.com Europe’s SECOND largest retail factory outlet for designer brands is in danger of closing its doors three years after its grand opening. Freeport at Alcochete in

A NEW centre for intravenous drug addicts is to open in Lisbon in the second quarter of this year. Its location has still to be decided by the câmara and

LISBON IS the safest city in the EU, whereas London is the most dangerous to live in. The United Nations Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute commissioned research company Gallup

By: Chris Graeme chris@portugalresident.com THE BRITISH Embassy in Lisbon has appealed for patience following complaints from residents in the city’s Rua São Bernardo about on-going essential security work. Residents say