Ticket fiasco continues
Controversy continues to surround next week’s Portugal versus England friendly match. Around 2,000 football fans were left angry and disillusioned earlier this week when they were once again misinformed by
VALENTINE’S DAY is upon us
Valentine’s Day is upon us. If you haven’t bought your cards, roses, jewellery, yachts or whatever yet, you’ll soon be late! You really don’t care how it all started, do
Vila Vita staff under investigation
Several members of staff at the Vila Vita Park Hotel have been suspended from their duties pending an investigation into mismanagement of the resort. The locks to the managers’ offices
A criminal attack
Portugal is one of the five countries most severely affected by the MyDoom computer virus, a virulent ‘worm’ that has spread more quickly than any other virus in the history
A different and better country – Gold medal for van Gelder
Sander van Gelder, Chairman of the Vale do Lobo Group of Companies, has received the Gold Medal of Merit from the Portuguese government in recognition of his work at Vale
A friendly visit
Locals in the Ria Formosa area were astonished earlier this week when several dolphins were spotted swimming in the river. Zoomarine biologist, Élio Vicente, revealed that although the water is
A tragic tale
A dog was rescued recently after being trapped in a house in Loures, Northern Portugal, for four months, with only his owner’s dead body for food. The Rottweiler was rescued
Call for referendum on abortion
Prime Minister Durão Barroso has continued to state that there will be no new consultations on a revision to Portugal’s abortion laws during his government’s term, which expires in 2006,
Cars towed in Silves
Silves Câmara workers have removed five abandoned vehicles in Armação de Pêra and Vila de Pêra this month. The ‘Abandoned on Public Access’ scheme, which was introduced at the beginning
Cheney’s Madeira-gate
The island of Madeira, Portugal’s sole fiscal haven, is at the centre of a financial scandal involving various multinational companies and American vice-president Dick Cheney. One of the companies concerned,