Mayor announces projects for Parque Mayer
LISBON CÂMARA President, Carmona Rodrigues, has given the green light for various projects to breath new life into the city’s former theatre land, Parque Mayer. Starting this summer, the currently
New spa programmes at Algarve’s Vilalara resort
THREE NEW day spa programmes are being launched at the Sofitel Thalassa Vilalara resort in Porches (Lagoa) this month, providing the ideal opportunity to shake off those winter blues and
Oncology Institute set to move out of Lisbon
PLANS TO move the Instituto Português de Oncologia (IPO), the Portuguese Oncology Institute, from its present Central Lisbon location have triggered concerns among patients and health professionals. Currently occupying seven-and-a-half
Opening up the world from Faro Airport
WE ALL enjoy discovering new places and for customers of low fares airline Thomsonfly.com, the world really is your oyster. By flying from Faro into either Coventry, Bournemouth or Doncaster,
Outrage over reduction in police for Algarve
FOLLOWING RECENT reports that summer reinforcements for the Algarve’s police force will be cut this year (see last week’s issue of The Resident), the Associação dos Hotéis e Empreendimentos Turísticos
Pay-as-you-go broadband now available
TELECOMMUNICATIONS GIANT, PT Comunicações, has recently launched a new SAPO ADSL tariff aimed at the occasional internet user. SAPO ADSL Free is a pay-as-you-go tariff offered without obligatory top-ups, with
Pine Cliffs among the 500 best resorts in the world
SHERATON ALGARVE Pine Cliffs was named, in the January issue of Travel + Leisure Magazine, among the top 500 resorts in the world. It was also listed among the 60
Police plan mass demonstration
MARCH 14 may be marked by one of the biggest protests of recent years, when more than 10,000 police officers are expected to demonstrate against the government in locations throughout
Popular books now available in paperback
THIS WEEK sees the appearance of two popular books in paperback. The first, The Last Templar by Raymond Khoury, like Shadow of the Wind, which Khoury admires tremendously, was one
Portugal’s tax shame
THE TOTAL amount of money owed to the Portuguese tax authorities has reached a staggering 17 billion euros. If the Portuguese state had succeeded in collecting the taxes owed, Portugal