Gone fishing
From March 3 to 5 again at the NEC, the fishermen among us simply must pay a visit to the Go Fishing Show 2006. This is the UK’s biggest fishing
Gulbenkian Museum marks 50th anniversary this year
LISBON’S CALOUSTE Gulbenkian Foundation celebrates its 50th anniversary in July. The birthday celebrations include a vast programme of cultural events, including exhibitions, shows, films and forums. “It has been 50
Hospitals prepare for bird flu outbreak
PORTO’S HOSPITAL de S. João is putting the finishing touches to its contingency plan to respond to a potential outbreak of bird flu. Various preventative measures and treatment procedures are
IKEA invests 450 million euros in Portugal
PORTUGUESE PRIME Minister, José Sócrates, announced last week that Portugal is embarking on a new route of foreign investment. Sócrates confirmed Portugal’s first step into a new economic period with
Iran writes a suicide manual
THOSE WHO marvel at George Bush’s undoubted intellectual incoherence – “please don’t misunderestimate me” – will now have to apply the same criterion to Iran’s new President, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. President
January blues
IF YOU are suffering from the January blues, don’t expect any sympathy from me. I am currently sitting in a tawdry damp internet café in East London, desperately trying to
Journalist creates Algarve TV channel
RESPECTED PORTUGUESE journalist, Paulo Lavadinho, has set up Tele 7, a TV production company with offices in Gambelas, Faro, with the aim of creating a dedicated regional television channel for
Kenya
Rescuers hunt for survivors RESCUERS ARE cutting through layers of concrete hoping to find survivors from a building that collapsed in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi, earlier this week. At least
Let’s go on with the show!
WE ALL know there’s no business like show business. And if you are looking for some inspiration and entertainment in 2006, why not head back to the UK for a
Mayor against more shipping containers
LISBON MAYOR Carmona Rodrigues stated last week that he was against the extension of the city’s Alcântara docks in order to take more shipping containers. At the same time, cargo