AFPOP – here to help
AFPOP, the association for foreign residents and visitors to Portugal, has been providing information and assistance to its members for over 16 years. From its humble beginnings in a house
Airlines increase fares
Portuguese airlines TAP, Portugália and Air Luxor have announced an increase in fares, in order to offset the increase in world petrol prices. The increases came into effect on August
All aboard for Madonna
Portugal’s state rail operator, CP, is to operate a special train to take Madonna fans from Porto to Lisbon for the pop superstar’s first-ever concert in the country on September
All other sports back in full swing . . .
Baseball The baseball section, represented by Lisboa Basebol Clube, will play a double-header on the Astro pitch this Sunday. The first game starts at 9.30am against Associação Académica da Universidade
Arab sheikh denies alleged “debt”
A Portuguese popular daily newspaper has alleged that Sheikh Mohamed Bin Isser Al Jaber, owner of many prestigious Algarve investments, has serious financial problems and owes money to a building
Athens Olympics
British track gold In the wake of Paula Radcliffe’s breakdown, Kelly Holmes restored the British track and field team’s confidence with a perfectly-timed run in the 800m. to take gold
Beach ID
Every year lives are lost on Portugal’s beaches due to the carelessness of bathers and the changeable nature of the Portuguese seas. The maritime authorities have long recognised that some
Belgian Grand Prix
Michael Schumacher regards the Spa-Francorchamps circuit, omitted from last year’s racing calendar over a cigarette advertising row, as a second home. Scene of some of his greatest moments, the track
Big flowers with short lives
Who would have predicted heavy rain in August? While the holidaymakers made a dash for the shops, muttering ‘we might as well be at home’, gardens woke briefly from their
Blazes destroy Lynx habitat
For some time now, the Iberian Lynx’s numbers have been falling fast and the species is in very real danger of becoming extinct. New breeding programmes were put into place