Learning to be laid back
IMPATIENT BY nature, it has taken me 20 years to finally accept the laid back approach to getting things done in the Algarve. An appointment with our local doctor takes
Limited funding for health investigations
HEALTH STUDIES are poorly investigated and supported by public funds according to Luís Campos, co-ordinator of the Núcleo de Estudos de Doenças Auto-Imunes (NEDAI), the centre for studies of autoimmune
Lisbon registers grave profits
BUYING AND selling marble family tombs can be a profitable business in Lisbon these days. The Lisbon Câmara has been auctioning off abandoned monumental jazigos (graves) at the Prazeres and
lower leagues
One hope IN THE second division Louletano’s latest 3-1 victory in Silves maintains the central Algarve team’s promotion push. Only Operário is currently disputing the place at the top of
March towards spring
WELCOME TO the March night sky. This is the month of the spring Equinox, when the path of the Sun crosses the celestial equator of the sky and enters the
New fair showcases Algarve in Lisbon
LISBON’S PAVILHÃO Atlântico will host Algarve Convida (Algarve Invites), the first fair dedicated exclusively to promoting the region as a holiday destination, in April. This is the first event of
Not all that glitters…
ROCK STAR Gary Glitter is facing trial in Vietnam on charges of committing obscene acts with two under-age girls. The trial of the one time chart-topping pop icon is just
Number of British visitors to Portugal continues to rise
The Resident: Tell us a bit about your and the embassy’s activities since we last met one year ago … Ambassador: The discussions over the EU budget were a major
Oriental Museum to open in 2007
A MUSEUM devoted to art from the Far East will open in Lisbon in 2007. The site of the museum, near the Lisbon docks area of Alcântara, will include an
Paul Auster to make film in Lisbon
PORTUGAL IS the chosen location for the next film from well-known contemporary American writer and director, Paul Auster. Auster, who has already co-directed such films as Smoke and Blue in