In the swing – Time and tide wait for no man…
Another year over and a new one just begun. I think I can feel a song coming on! Anyway, it is that time when we reflect on what might have
Major developments for Silves
Six-luxury hotels – all of four or five stars – including various holiday villages and five new golf courses are to be built in Silves, the second biggest concelho in
Money for ports
Government ministers have agreed to invest 300 million euros, between now and 2006, on modernising Portugal’s main harbours and introducing cargo handling specialisation, according to Public Works Minister António Pedro
New year, new hope
Staff at the Omega Parque in Monchique were delighted with their Christmas present: a very rare baby Sulawaesi macaque, or Macaca nirgra, born to mother Mee and proud father Bug.
News in brief…News in brief…
• The European Commission has decided to grant 200 million euros for a R&D programme aimed at fighting AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis in developing countries. The European and Developing Countries
Abusers might be tapped
Domestic violence has now become such a pressing issue for the Portuguese government that the police may be granted permission to tap telephones in a bid to gather evidence against
No to marshals
Portugal has announced that it will not allow armed air marshals on flights to and from America, despite a request from the United States made amid fresh security fears about
Britney in Lisbon
Britney Spears will make her second appearance at the Rock in Rio music festival, but this time in the Portuguese capital instead of Brazil. The 22-year-old pop singer is set
Pestana invests abroad
Pestana Group, the largest leisure operator in Portugal, is considering fresh investments in Poland, the Czech Republic, Hungary and Croatia, markets that it says are set for strong short-term growth.
Cleaning up Faro
According to one local shopkeeper, the streets of Faro are turning into a rubbish tip. “After more than three phone calls to the authorities,” he explained, “the municipal services came