Cardinal Ratzinger is new Pope
Cardinal Jorge Arturo Medina Estevez of Chile made the announcement to a cheering crowd in St. Peter’s Square on Tuesday evening following two days of deliberations. Ratzinger, the new head
Champions League – Fire and Brimstone
There was nothing ordinary or run-of-the-mill about the decisive quarter-final second-leg encounters of probably the world’s best premier club competition. Bayern Munich, Germany’s equivalent to Manchester United, in terms of
Country has high number of working mums
OF THE European Union’s 25 member states, Portugal has the fourth highest number of working mothers with children under 12. According to a report by Eurostat, only Slovenia, Denmark and
Driving licences and EU citizens living in Portugal
FOLLOWING my first article regarding the new Portuguese Road Safety Code, I received a number of enquiries from EU citizens living in Portugal, who seemed a bit confused about the
Fan mail
1. I would like to say thank you to 125 Computadores as they have provided my family with a fantastic service. We first visited them at BLiP a couple of
Film review – THE INTERPRETER Good old-fashioned thriller
* * * * A smart and timely film with distinctively pungent issues and characters THE NEW political thriller, The Interpreter, demonstrates a big comeback for director Sydney Pollack after
Greener cars for Almada
ALMADA CÂMARA has taken a pioneering step in acquiring five Toyota hybrid synergy drive (HSD) vehicles, renewing its staff car fleet while promoting the use of alternative fuels. The five
Help for Aljezur abandoned dogs
Help for Aljezur abandoned dogs As a visitor from England to Aljezur, I have become increasingly aware of the amount of abandoned dogs in the area. They are cared for
Jewish community of the Algarve
THE JEWISH community of the Algarve will be celebrating the first night of the eight-day Passover Festival with a communal ‘seder’ (dinner) on Saturday, April 23. The reading of the
Lagoa theatre opens doors
THE ALGARVE Orchestra gave the inaugural concert at the long-awaited opening of the Lagoa Municipal Auditorium last week. With a programme of Mozart and Beethoven, the conductor was Álvaro Cassuto