Carris clamps down on fare dodgers
PASSENGERS CAUGHT trying to take Lisbon bus company Carris for a ride by not paying will get a 120 euros on-the-spot fine. The new get-tough policy has been introduced to
Christmas illuminations light up the capital
PRESIDENT OF Lisbon Câmara, Carmona Rodrigues, switched on the city’s Christmas illuminations in Rossio Square on November 25. Despite the budget being the same as last year (1.2 million euros),
Christmas Shopping
Christmas Shopping in Seville NOW FULL ! Lisbon Christmas Shopping Lisbon Christmas Shopping December 10 – 1 day Morning in Vasco da Gama Shopping Centre Afternoon in Freeport Outlet Village
The December 2006 Night Sky
Clear winter nights Welcome to the December night sky and to the cold clear nights of winter. On December 21, the Sun is at its lowest point in the heavens
Cork to be focal point of traditional fair
THE TRADITIONS of the Algarve’s interior can be discovered at the Feira da Serra de Loulé, hosted at the NERA pavilion, Zona Industrial de Loulé, from December 7 to 10.
Crowd busters
MEANWHILE, OVER in the US, travel experts and government officials are thrashing out ways to beat the backlash of tighter airport security measures. The committee is revamping the way international
Demonstrators oppose government plans to reform GNR
POLICE unions have blasted government plans to pension off thousands of serving Guarda Nacional Republicana (GNR) officers as “discriminatory”. Under new laws, military personnel serving in the GNR can take
Driver on the wrong track
A Portuguese motorist nearly made a fatal wrong turn last Monday as he drove 500 metres down a metro track in a tunnel in Porto. The man, in his early
film review – CASINO ROYALE
You know my name THE 21ST installment of James Bond is finally here. It’s been four years since Die Another Day and now Daniel Craig is the new Bond at
Gales and downpours cause large scale damage to Portugal
GREATER LISBON and Portugal’s east coast were battered by savage winds and torrential downpours on Friday. The storms, which blew in from the Azores, flooded roads, felled trees, cut telephone