Patients discharged over lack of beds
Patients at São Brás de Alportel medical centre have been sent home because there were not enough beds. Patients protested because they were not given any notification that the centre
Preparing for biometric scans
THE BRITISH Embassy is remodeling its consular / visa public counters to accommodate the new equipment for capturing biometric fingerscans for visas to the UK. Staff will be operating the
Rare collection arrives at Lisbon museum
THE LUSO-American Foundation and national daily Portuguese newspaper Público have donated a rare and priceless collection of 18th century ink engravings depicting the Great Lisbon Earthquake to Lisbon City Museum.
See the stunning transformation
FOLLOWING THE appeal in the December 1 edition of The Resident, CHANNEL 4’s Selling Houses Abroad television series was inundated with requests from home owners and estate agents wanting professional
Slow start for new facilities in Faro
By CAROLINE CUNHA caroline@portugalresident.com TWO MAJOR projects in Faro, a municipal market and a shopping centre, are still to open. The market, which represents an investment of around 22 million
Soares seeks second term
ISABEL SOARES, Câmara President of Silves, has announced that she will run for a second term, despite accusations that public funds have been mismanaged while she has been in charge.
State owes 1.5 billion euros to private entities
PORTUGUESE STATE sector accumulated debts to private companies and organisations topped 1.5 billion euros by December 2005. The state’s total non-financial borrowing owed for goods and services were revealed by
Treasure of Khan
By Clive Cussler (co-authored by his brother, Dirk Cussler). Following on from Cussler’s last Dirk Pitt thriller, Black Wind, he takes his avid fans into the lands and legend of
Trial of murdered Irishman continues
By NATASHA SMITH natasha@portugalresident.com ONE ENGLISHMAN and five Irishmen were in Albufeira court on Monday, January 15, for the continuation of the Michael Ahern murder trial. David Figueira, an Englishman,
Tribute to Mozart
AS A finale to the year long celebrations marking the 250th anniversary of Mozart’s birth, Friends of the Museum in São Brás held a tribute to his work on January