RUGBY UNION – Lions mauled
AHEAD OF last Saturday’s first official Test against New Zealand, Sir Clive Woodward’s supposed second string took on local side Southland with all 15 players knowing that they had missed
Savings Tax Directive starts today
THE EU’S revolutionary Savings Tax Directive begins today, July 1, and will change the way expatriates handle their financial affairs. All EU Member States, plus dependent territories and key third
Socialist candidate to tackle Loulé crime fears
“FEAR AND insecurity have taken hold of our daily lives,” said Socialist Party candidate for the presidency of Loulé Câmara, Vítor Aleixo. Announcing his candidacy recently at a dinner in
St. Andrews ball raises enough to build houses in Thailand
THE MORNING of December 26 2004 will forever be on the minds of millions of people around the world for the loss of life and devastation in the South East
State losing millions through tax evasion
THE PORTUGUESE State is losing millions of euros every year because of fiscal fraud and tax evasion, according to the Ministry of Finance. The non-payment of taxes represents between four
Teenager clubbed by gang
A CONSTRUCTION worker, aged 19, was left in a coma, after being dragged from a café in Carvalhal (south of Lisbon) into the street and beaten about the head and
TENNIS – Wimbledon – week one
Much was again expected of British No.1 and sixth seed Tim Henman. In round one, he silenced the packed centre court by losing the opening two sets 3-6, 6-7, to
The untraditional version
WHEN GLYN LEWIS, head teacher at the International Preparatory School (IPS) in Lisbon, took to the stage of the Eunice Muñoz municipal auditorium in Oeiras last week, very few of
Tourism board predicts a better year for region
2005 LOOKS likely to be a better year for tourism in the Algarve, predicts the Região de Turismo do Algarve (RTA), the Algarve tourism board, which is expecting to see
Wine treasures of Chile evoke Irish longings
The grapes are European and Chile is probably the only country whose vines are 100 per cent vitis vinifera, the wine bearing vine. Until the 20th century, the only thing