Keep your team and business healthy…and legal!
TO ACHIEVE personal and professional fulfilment, it is fundamental to have quality of life at work. This is why Portuguese legislation has put great emphasis on occupational health. Recognition of
Ladies clubs join up for lunch
FIVE of the Algarve’s Ladies Luncheon Clubs got together for lunch at the Hotel Garbe in Armação de Pêra. More than 90 ladies participated in the event and each leader
Lisbon receives UEFA trophy
LAST YEAR’S UEFA Champions, Valencia FC, handed over the famous golden trophy in a recent ceremony at Lisbon’s City Hall. Receiving the trophy was UEFA Chief Executive, Lars-Christer Olsson, who
Lollipop ladies for capital’s schools
PORTUGAL’S version of Britain’s traditional lollipop ladies are now being introduced at Lisbon’s schools in order to ensure the greater safety of pupils. The job that is open to people
Naked in the Algarve
SOME 20 years ago, when naturists Frances and David Fry moved to the Algarve, they opened the Escola de Arte de Ferragudo. They remember, with fond amusement, their farmer neighbours
Network welcomes new president
NETWORK, the association of working and businesswomen, recently said goodbye to Verna Kinder as president and welcomed Linda Smith to the post. Having spent 12 years within Network, Linda has
New sports arena for Faro
WORK HAS just begun on the construction of an indoor sports arena in the Penha area of Faro, an investment worth over two million euros. News of the sports facility,
Odd balls • Odd balls • Odd balls •
Pompey farce Ex-Marseille manager, Frenchman Alain Perrin, was unveiled as the new Portsmouth saviour last week amidst a great deal of confusion. At a hastily arranged press conference, the 48-year-old
Our world this week
UNITED KINGDOM The end for MG Rover? Administrators for UK car manufacturer, MG Rover, recently announced that they are keen to re-open talks with China’s Shanghai Automotive Industry Corp (SAIC).
Prince Rainier dies at 81
PRINCE Rainier of Monaco, Europe’s longest-reigning monarch, died last week at the age of 81 after a long illness. The ailing Pope had sent Rainier his blessing just days before