Aga Khan’s foundation gives €100,000 towards post-fire reforestation
With news of how the country means to recover the devastation of last summer’s forest fires updating by the day, one of the latest highlights is a donation of €100,000
Vitrectomy and the detached retina
The renovation of the Ophthalmology Department that began in 2016 has allowed us to expand the department as far as its resources and services are concerned. New subspecialities such as
Faro is “most popular destination” for next autumn’s low-cost easyJet flights
Following the collapse of Monarch Airways and this year’s Ryanair low-season ‘flightmares’, easyJet has upped the ante, launching next year’s autumn schedules to multiple destinations in Europe. Within 24-hours of
Plant plague at Portugal’s door: 73 tree species at risk
A new ‘plant plague’ – particularly attacking trees and vines – is at Portugal’s ‘door’, having cut a deadly swathe through southern Europe. There is no cure for Xylella fastidiosa,
New book threatens to expose “lies, bribery, blackmail and defamation” in case of world’s most famous missing person
It’s called “Madeleine McCann” Collateral Damage and it promises “new facts” in the decade-long mystery over the three-year-old who went missing from a holiday apartment in Praia da Luz. But
PM downplays Brussels’ broadside over Portugal’s State Budget
Prime Minister António Costa appears convinced that Brussels’ doubts over Portugal’s ability to deliver on targets in its new State Budget will “disappear” over the first few months of 2018
Only the Brave
November 23, 2017 Director: Joseph Kosinski; Starring: Josh Brolin, Miles Teller, Jeff Bridges; Genre: Biography, Drama; Age: +12; Time: 134min All men are created equal… then, a few become firefighters.
Coco
November 23, 2017 Director: Lee Unkrich, Adrian Molina; Starring: Anthony Gonzalez, Gael García Bernal, Benjamin Bratt; Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy; Age: +6; Time: 109min Despite his family’s baffling generations-old ban
Big Three
The paths of three men of different nationalities have crossed here in the Algarve: meet the managers at the helm of the region’s newest and largest shopping complex Loulé was
Bureaucratic nightmare
Dear Editor, Like an apparently increasing number of UK residents, we’re interested in taking up residency in Portugal, primarily for the better weather and its unique Non-Habitual Residency tax-free status.