Portuguese among the worst for abusing antibiotics
THE PORTUGUESE are among the highest users of self-prescribed antibiotics within the European Union, according to a recent study. Also, Portugal ranks fourth in the antibiotic use league tables. There
Presidential elections vote turnout could beat all records
AS MANY as six million Portuguese could turn out at the ballot box to vote for the country’s next President in January. According to a survey carried out by Eurosondagem,
Residents uneasy after Buncefield blaze
THE RECENT devastating fire at Buncefield oil depot, near Hemel Hempstead in Hertfordshire, UK, raised serious environmental concerns about air quality in the affected area. The blaze, which injured 43
School delights audience
WHEN DAVID Higginbottom arrived at St Julian’s with the idea of creating a full orchestra at the St. Julian’s School, many doubted this would be possible. A couple of years
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The generation game • Steve Davis, now 48, but still ranked 15th in the world THE TRAVIS Perkins UK Championship in York did not at all go the way most
Soares warns Cavaco-style is on collision course
WHEN THE American Club celebrated its 50th anniversary in 1997, a number of commemorative events were held. At that time, a Lifetime Membership Award was created and bestowed on Dr.
SOS Children’s Villages need your help
READER DES Taylor contacted The Resident recently to tell us about the SOS Children’s Villages in Portugal, an operation that needs greater support. “Very few expatriates support SOS Children’s Villages
Successful year ends with memorable Christmas lunch
IN TOTAL, 60 convivial members of the Algarve Wine Society gathered at the Amadeus Restaurant near Almancil to enjoy a traditionally festive Christmas lunch and celebrate the end of a
The new season’s seed potatoes are here!
I ARRIVED in the agricultural co-operative this morning to be greeted by a sea of elderly cloth capped gentlemen all chatting away excitedly. By Monchique standards the atmosphere was buzzing,
Understanding the December effect
FINANCIAL PROFESSIONALS either love or loathe the foreign exchange market in December. The currency markets thin out over the last weeks of the year as traders slope off to eat