Low cost airline in city
Lisbon residents could soon be enjoying cheaper airfares to the UK. Airport management company, ANA and the Lisbon Tourist Board are currently in negotiations with low cost airline company, easyJet,
More Bingo for city
Well-known entrepreneur, Stefano Saviotti, the owner of the Dom Pedro hotel group, intends to buy a site in Lisbon’s Parque das Nações, to construct a Bingo hall. It has been
No to tolls
Everyone on the EN125 All of the region’s business associations, including ACRAL, NERA, CEAL, AIHSA, AHETA, the RTA and the Junta Metropolitana, are poised to boycott the Via do Infante
Oeiras full-time monorail
Portugal’s first monorail, operating in Oeiras since June, switched to a full-time schedule last Monday. The SATU (Sistema Automático de Transporte Urbano) takes passengers from Paço d’Arcos railway station to
Opera open to all
For the first time at Vale do Lobo opera fans will be able to indulge their passion at an opera performance in the Vale do Lobo Auditorium on Saturday, November
President of Malta opens Lisbon’s newest five-star hotel
The Maltese President, His Excellency Fenech Adami, officially inaugurated Lisbon’s latest luxury five-star hotel last week. The Hotel Corinthia Alfa, formerly the Hotel Alfa, has been completely gutted, renovated and
Record crime figures
According to a recent study conducted by the Portuguese government, the national crime rate has risen by a total of 52 per cent compared to last year, and the Algarve
Review – Candidate kicks ass
Jonathan Demme’s gutsy The Manchurian Candidate is the anti-Bush administration movie for those who missed Michael Moore’s Fahrenheit 9/11. It’s a re-make of John Frankenheimer’s 1962 film about a brainwashed
Rewarding wartime generation
In recognition of the sacrifices made by World War II veterans and civilians, the British Home Secretary, David Blunkett, has announced that Britain’s wartime generation is entitled to receive free
RTA brings out the big guns
In a major change of strategy, the Algarve tourism board (RTA) has rejected around 2,500 requests for funding from organisations across the region and will spend next year’s budget on