A New Year but the same old story
There goes another year and, as I age, each day becomes more precious – that I should be so blessed when such a multitude in the region of the Indian
Another year’s over, a new one’s just begun
A we bid farewell to 2004 and welcome in 2005, this article reviews last year’s market performance as well as looking to the future. FTSE The FTSE 100 did not
Baby boom
Following a strict breeding programme, involving some of the world’s rarest animals, Omega Park in Monchique can finally boast success. It has been an uphill struggle for the staff at the
BANGKOK – Subway crash injures 100
More than 100 people have been injured in a crash on Bangkok’s five-month-old underground railway. An empty train collided with a train carrying 700 passengers at the Thai Cultural Centre
Call for a Europe-wide swastika ban
German politicians have called for Nazi symbols to be banned throughout Europe after Prince Harry was pictured wearing a fancy dress outfit with a swastika on the armband to aparty. The
Cidadela fortress has new owner
Cidadela fortress, for centuries a military stronghold on the seaward entrance to Cascais harbour, finally has a new keeper and protector. Dr Francisco Ramalho, Director General of Buildings and Heritage
Câmara President caught on the hop over future of Parque Mayer
Lisbon Câmara President, Carmona Rodrigues, was placed in a tight spot recently over the future of Parque Mayer. The run-down former theatre land site off Avenida da Liberdade is earmarked
BDO World Darts
Ray van Barneveld clinched his fourth BDO World Darts title at the Lakeside Country Club in Surrey last week. The Dutch ace beat England’s Martin Adams 6-2, despite a perfect
Flu bug tightens its grip
Due to an increased number of patients arriving at accident and emergency departments and an alert received from Hospital Amadora-Sintra, the Direcção-Geral de Saúde (DGS), the national health authority, was
In celebration of Burns
The St. Andrew’s Society of Lisbon, in conjunction with The Single Malt Whisky Society of Portugal, is holding an evening in Celebration of Burns, to take place on Friday, January