The power of the elephant
Saturday December 4 For us, December has begun with a run of bad luck caused, we believe, by the gift of a ‘lucky elephant’. The moment the elephant was handed
Time to look at your pension
THE NEW pensions’ simplification regulations in the UK, which come into force from April 6 2006, are expected to be an enormous boon for Self Invested Personal Pensions (SIPPs), exploiting
Top appointment
Tennis World No.1, Roger Federer, has named former Australian great, Tony Roche, as his coach on a part-time basis. Roche, who won the French Open in 1966 and has trained
Top economists meet to discuss public finances
Leading Portuguese economists remain cautious and reserved about Portugal’s chances of improving its public finances after the February 20 election. At a meeting of the Order of Economists held recently
‘Chouriças’ festival is this weekend!
QUERENÇA will once again hold its traditional ‘Festa das Chouriças’ (Smoked Sausage Festival), one of the biggest gastronomy events in the Algarve’s interior, on Sunday, January 16. There will be
Premiere
Little Black Book Comedy/Romance An associate producer for a daytime talk show, whose boyfriend is a ‘commitment-phobe’, sneaks into his Palm Pilot and finds a list of all his past
2005 is going to be an interesting year
Swiss Parliament accepts EU Savings Tax Directive. Over December 8 and 9, the House of Representatives in the Swiss Parliament voted through eight bilateral accords with the EU. This included
90 million euro budget for Faro Câmara
2005’s budget for Faro Câmara is 90.2 million euros, as approved at the Câmara’s General Assembly recently. Of that amount, 63.8 million euros will be spent on investments and 26.4
Almada robbers caught
FOLLOWING a lengthy investigation, the Polícia Judiciária (PJ) has apprehended two men, aged 17 and 20, who are suspected of being involved in a series of robberies in the Comarca
Argentina mourns victims of nightclub blaze
THERE HAVE BEEN angry scenes outside a Buenos Aires morgue as families demanded the return of the bodies of the victims of the Cromagnon Republic nightclub fire. The death toll