Success of U Constitution depends on collective co-operation
THE EU’s Constitutional Treaty must involve the co-operation of all and not just a few key members, the Prime Minister said recently. José Sócrates was speaking at the launch of
The sounds of Easter
PORTIMÃO’S IGREJA Matriz is the setting for a special musical celebration this Eastertime, with the Orquestra do Norte performing Mozart’s Requiem Mass tonight (Good Friday, April 14) at 9.30pm. The
There were no fools on April 1
IF YOU joined the more than 100 people for the seventh Annual Fundraising Dinner-Dance for Lagoa Voluntary Bombeiros, at the Fatacil grounds in Lagoa, on April 1, you were certainly
Too many teachers for just a few vacancies
ALMOST 123,000 teachers are trying their luck in the contest for teaching jobs this year – over 1,000 more teachers than last year. The figure, which has only just been
Trusts sheltering family assets are hit
THE UK Chancellor has imposed a devastating stealth tax on trusts commonly used to mitigate inheritance tax (IHT) and pass wealth down through the generations. Couples using two specific types
What they say …
• Costa Lima, the executive president for the Agência Portuguesa para o Investimento (API), the Portuguese Agency for Investment, said last week that the State didn’t believe in the citizen
YUGOSLAVIA
‘No foul play’ in Milosevic death DUTCH PUBLIC prosecutors have said that their investigation into the death of Slobodan Milosevic showed that he died of natural causes. “There is not
‘Bird flu is a veterinarian issue, but we must be vigilant’
• The Algarve has an ongoing blood donor campaign that is very successful, says the president of ARS Algarve DOCTOR RUI Lourenço is a general practitioner working in Loulé and
A Naifa returns to Loulé
GROUP A Naifa returns to Loulé on April 15 to perform a concert at the Cine-Teatro Louletano, at 10pm. Following an appearance at the Mediterranean Festival in 2005, A Naifa
Algarve health authority hosts Telemedicine seminar
HOTEL VILA Monte in Moncarapacho was the setting for a seminar organised by the Algarve regional health authority last week, entitled ‘Health screening in the Algarve and Andalucia: new technologies