You snooze – you lose
TO PROVE just how comfortable the new beds are at the Sheraton Lisboa Hotel and Towers, the hotel recently held a competition with some game for a laugh volunteers –
Young drivers lead road casualty statistics
YOUNG PORTUGUSE adults under 35 are most at risk of having a car crash according the latest research. The reasons: they run too many risks and drive too fast, and
“Joana” trial set for October
THE MOTHER and uncle of eight year old Joana who disappeared last September from her home in the village of Figueira in Portimão, will stand trial for her murder on
60% of young couples are homeowners
OWNING YOUR own home is fast becoming as popular in Portugal as it is in the United Kingdom. According to statistics released by consumer group DECO, 60 per cent of
A visit to the Royal Navy’s H.M.S. Lancaster
ONE OF the British Royal Navy’s power packed, type 23 frigates, H.M.S. Lancaster, berthed amid tight security in Lisbon’s Stª Apolónia dockyard last week. On a personal invitation from the
Aeroplanes disturbing Quinta do Lago residents
JOSÉ MENDES BOTA, the MP for the Faro District, is calling on the Instituto Nacional da Aviação Civil, the national institute for civil aviation, to solve a problem that is
Algarvean pilgrims pedal to Germany to meet Pope
SIX OF the 111 members of the Algarve diocese, intending to participate in the 10th World Youth Congress in Cologne, taking place from August 15 and 21, with the presence
All Black
THE BRITISH and Irish Lions tour came to an end with yet another heavy defeat at the hands of a potentially great New Zealand XV. The last Test of the
All in the name of progress
WHEN WE came to Portugal in 1986, Lagos was a pleasant working port, from which trawlers set out on a daily basis, and Odiáxere was a rundown village with strong
An art exhibition with a difference!
A SLIGHTLY unusual art exhibition is opening this month at the Galeria Municipal de Fitares in Sintra – not unusual in its theme, but rather due to the fact that