Caia distribution site moves ahead
PORTUGAL AND Spain are negotiating the precise location of the strategic trans-frontier distribution point of Caia. It is hoped that Portuguese firms will use the site as a distribution launch
Campaign to strip Nobel from Portuguese medical scientist
THE PORTUGUESE neuroscientist who pioneered the controversial lobotomy procedure could be posthumously stripped of his 1949 Nobel Prize for Medicine. It is 69 years since the first lobotomy procedures were
Champions League
Liverpool were struggling against football minnows Total Network Solutions in their second leg qualification tie until magical skipper Steven Gerrard was brought on deep into the second half. Twenty-five minutes
Cricket – Ashes to ashes
THE FIRST Test in this year’s official series, which will culminate at The Oval on September 8, saw England bowl out Australia for a meagre 190 at Lords. Harrison, Huggard
Cycling – Lone star, magnificent seven
LANCE ARMSTRONG, already a legend in his own lifetime following six consecutive victories in the Tour de France, added another indelible chapter to his unique contribution to the cycle sport’s
EU delegation visits halted works on Odelouca reservoir
EUROPEAN FINANCING for the long awaited Odelouca reservoir in the Algarve continues to depend on the acceptance of Portuguese proposals for the alteration of the original construction plans. While fully
Evasive Sócrates discusses EU agenda
MODERNISATION AND economic reform must be placed sharply at the centre of both European Union and Portuguese policy, argued Prime Minister José Sócrates last week. Addressing 300 top Portuguese and
Faro bus bomb threat
Baggage belonging to Londoners “suspect” A LARGE police operation was launched in Faro recently after Faro Polícia de Segurança Pública (PSP) received a telephone call warning of a bomb placed
film review – MONSTER-IN-LAW
A chick flick, with a sexy hunk, a bit of schmooch and J Lo with cake on her face – perfect! The big fight – Lopez vs Fonda THE GOSSIP,