Presidential candidate paints dark picture for 2006
PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE Cavaco Silva launched a stinging attack on the Socialist (PS) government of José Sócrates last week. Addressing five chambers of commerce, the former Prime Minister outlined a unique
Ready-to-eat salads failed by consumer watchdog
SALADS OFFERED by fast food restaurants are “not up to standard”, claims DECO, Portugal’s leading consumer protection organisation in a recent study published in its monthly publication PROTESTE. “As well
Select International Bond Fund delivers three years …
Select International Bond Fund delivers three years of outstanding performance THE SELECT International Bond Fund, managed and distributed by Select Managers Ireland Limited, part of the highly regarded pan-European financial
Short period of grace over complaints’ book
NEW LEGISLATION threatens fines of between 250 euros and 30,000 euros for service providers who fail to provide a complaints’ book. But a short period of tolerance to non-compliance will
Soares attacks Cavaco face-to-face
DESPITE PROMISING he would not make more personal attacks, PS presidential candidate Mário Soares blasted PSD opponent Cavaco Silva on national television. In a face-to-face debate before Christmas, Soares said
Successful first Shoebox Drive for the Elderly
THE IDEA was to give some of the region’s elderly presents for Christmas – however, the generosity of the Algarve has meant a great deal more. Organisers of the first
Swim for shoes
WE WOKE up to rain and grey skies, but that did not deter the Christmas Day swimmers. More than 30 adults and children participated in the Christmas Day ‘Swim for
The Julgados de Paz in Portugal
THE JULGADOS de Paz are small claims courts, which were recently created for use by the general public to resolve conflicts through negotiation. The idea is to set up proceedings
The rhythm of life
AUDIENCES WHO attended the Centro da Quinta do Paço theatre in December were wonderfully entertained by the cast of this sensational revue The Rhythm of Life, compiled and directed by
Unemployment reaches half a million
PORTUGAL’S UNEMPLOYMENT rate reached 7.7 per cent of the active working population in the third quarter of 2005. The worrying figures represent 429,900 individuals out of work according to statistics