Dozy dogs and rampant rodents
“Stop the world I want to get off” – sometimes it begins to feel like that and then I look from my office window into a stand of eucalyptus trees.
Elevated ozone levels in Lisbon
SURFACE OZONE levels breached safety levels in at least five areas of Lisbon on Tuesday of last week, a day when temperatures reached 36 centigrade. In Almada, Lisbon, Loures, Odivelas
Europe – we are certainly living in interesting times!
MUCH HAS been written and said about the EU constitution recently, but while I will touch on the subject in this article there is other interesting European financial news to
film review – SIN CITY
Visually Sin City is incredible. Shot primarily on sound stages in front of green screens it is technically and cinematically astonishing. Everything you see is artificial except for the actors,
Forum marks World Ocean Day
THERE ARE just two days to go (until June 19) to enjoy the Forum Algarve’s celebration of Ocean Week. The exhibition is part of the wider World Ocean Day, an
HORSERACING – Home and hosed
This week sees the best quality meeting of the year, Royal Ascot, at York. A 250,000 million euros refurbishment has seen the highlight of the flat season move north, Frankie
Jackson cleared on all counts
POP STAR Michael Jackson has been found not guilty of all charges at the end of his four-month-long child abuse trial. Fans gathered outside the courtroom reacted jubilantly as the
Jungle Book with a difference
A PRESENTATION of Jungle Book was performed recently by students of the German School of Lisbon. But the school’s portrayal of the famous book was turned into a circus act,
Less accidents on the roads
THIRTEEN DEATHS on the roads have been recorded by police, over the holiday weekend, during what has been called ‘Operation Saint António’. Among the fatal road accidents was a head
Let your children spread their wings
HERE AT PDM we often get asked about the rules for one parent travelling alone with their children and the procedure for booking flights for unaccompanied children. We are pleased