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Socialist government honeymoon continues

THREE MONTHS after his election with an overwhelming majority, José Sócrates’ period of grace with voters appears intact. A recent poll for Aximage/Correio da Manhã shows that most people consider

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Sporting chances

AT THE beginning of the current season, I wrote that Sporting’s activities on the transfer market have been relatively low key. José Peseiro, who was assistant to Carlos Queiroz at

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St. Dominics entertains on Europe Day

A GROUP of choral students from St. Dominic’s International School, under the direction of Ms. Stephanie Duarte, entertained other Lisbon school students toa jovial rendition of songs, on Europe Day

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St. Julian’s fundraiser

FRIDAY, MAY 13 will be remembered by all who attended the Global Issues Charity Dinner, Auction and Fashion Show as a night when the students of St. Julian’s School excelled.

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Sócrates to cut red tape

PRIME MINISTER José Sócrates has appointed a new Co-ordinator of Administrative Modernisation, Maria Manuel Leitão Marques. He also used the appointment to announce the creation of a new business constitution

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Tax efficient income drawdown

INCOME DRAWDOWN has built a significant share of the market for ‘retirement’ funds. According to Association of British Insurers figures, from a standing start in the mid-1990s, drawdown currently accounts

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TENNIS – Damp squabble

THE ATP men’s tour moved to Hamburg last week, but man of the moment, Rafael Nadal, was not in Germany. The 18-year-old Spaniard, victorious in Barcelona, Monte Carlo and Rome

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Terry Fox raises thousands for cancer research

HUNDREDS OF enthusiastic runners joined Portugal’s First Lady, Maria José Ritta, in a marathon fund-raising sprint round the Parque das Nações in Lisbon recently. Each runner paid five euros to

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