Money for ports
Government ministers have agreed to invest 300 million euros, between now and 2006, on modernising Portugal’s main harbours and introducing cargo handling specialisation, according to Public Works Minister António Pedro
New year, new hope
Staff at the Omega Parque in Monchique were delighted with their Christmas present: a very rare baby Sulawaesi macaque, or Macaca nirgra, born to mother Mee and proud father Bug.
News in brief…News in brief…
• The European Commission has decided to grant 200 million euros for a R&D programme aimed at fighting AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis in developing countries. The European and Developing Countries
No to marshals
Portugal has announced that it will not allow armed air marshals on flights to and from America, despite a request from the United States made amid fresh security fears about
Portimão robbery
An armed robber has stolen an unspecified sum of money from a bureau de change office in Portimão. The masked robber, believed to be a black man, entered the shop,
School facilities improved
In a move that the President of Loulé Câmara has described as “urgent and necessary”, the foundation stone of Almancil’s first ever pre-school nursery was laid recently. “Almancil is one
Shake your tailfeather!
Ann Bull is an English state registered chiropodist who started her practice here in January 2003. She works in the Cloud 9 Health and Beauty Salon at Alto Club in
Sports extra
Chairman wins top golf award Sander van Gelder, chairman of the Vale do Lobo Group of Companies, has been honoured by the Portuguese Golf Federation as the entrepreneur who contributed
State of the nation
President Jorge Sampaio used his traditional New Year’s address to make a plea for greater respect for foreign citizens who live and work in Portugal. Sampaio said this was a
Text tidal wave
Each Portuguese mobile phone owner sent an average of four text messages on New Year’s Eve when, according to the three Portuguese mobile phone operators, more than 146 million text