Hot soups for cold evenings
Hearty Bean Soup Soak between 250g and 400g of dried beans overnight in water. Drain and put in a large cooking pot. Add an onion or two, quartered, a roughly
liga de honra
Portuguese game in crisis THE FINANCIAL inequality prevalent in the Portuguese League structure has once again become painfully obvious. Following the torturous demise of professional football at former Superliga side
Lisbon to host major travel fair
OVER 40 different countries will be promoting their tourism offers at the 17th edition of Bolsa de Turismo de Lisboa (BTL), the Lisbon travel market, taking place at FIL, Parque
Mendes Bota contests oil exploration in Algarve
SOCIAL DEMOCRAT MP for the Algarve, Mendes Bota, has recently issued a statement in response to reports in the press that infer the government is preparing to award a concession
New image for Sagres
THE TOWN of Sagres, one of the most visited locations of the Algarve’s Barlavento area, is set to unveil a new image in 2007, when refurbishment work, representing an investment
New Lisbon casino to open in April
A NEW casino for Lisbon should open its doors to the public on April 19. The news was released last week by Mário Assis Ferreira, president of Estoril Sol, the
New year, new frequency
ALGARVE’S KISS FM is switching its main transmitter frequency from 101.2FM to 95.8FM. The Big Switch is taking place on Sunday, January 15. While some listeners will still be able
Oldest cinema to reopen
ONE OF Lisbon’s most famous landmarks, the Cinema São Jorge in Avenida da Liberdade, is to temporarily reopen in April, following extensive refurbishment. The cinema, one of the city’s oldest,
One raisin, two raisins … 12 raisins!
I’m a regular reader of your newspaper and wondered if you could help me with a question to which I’m having trouble finding an answer. On New Year’s Eve, at
Optimus results
BETWEEN DECEMBER 31, 2005 and January 1, 2006, mobile phone company Optimus processed around 128 million SMS messages from its customers, almost double the amount of those sent by Vodaphone