Flu bug tightens its grip
Due to an increased number of patients arriving at accident and emergency departments and an alert received from Hospital Amadora-Sintra, the Direcção-Geral de Saúde (DGS), the national health authority, was
In celebration of Burns
The St. Andrew’s Society of Lisbon, in conjunction with The Single Malt Whisky Society of Portugal, is holding an evening in Celebration of Burns, to take place on Friday, January
MAKE A DIFFERENCE
The Resident is co-ordinating special fundraising events to help the South East Asia tsunami victims. Tonight (Friday) we are having a Grand Auction evening, which will follow a Curry Buffet,
Parties announce election strategies
Pedro Santana Lopes (centre), leader of the Social Democrats Party (PSD), promised that there won’t be tax increases and that value-added tax (IVA) will remain unaltered, highlighting that IRC (tax
Radiotherapy unit to open this spring
The Ministry of Health has finally seen sense and lifted the five-year time constraint on the functioning of the Algarve’s new radiotherapy unit at Vale dos Carneiros in Faro. Following
Ride of the Kings
Now in its 29th year, the national endurance equestrian Ride of the Kings was a two-day event held recently at Barroca d’Alva, near Alcochete, south of the River Tejo. The
Income tax seminars
With the festive season upon us, it must mean that the year end is nigh and that tax returns will soon be required by the IRS. For those people who
Labour laws simpler and clearer
The Portuguese government has modified and simplified the country’s Código do Trabalho (Employment Code) in a bid to improve productivity, competitiveness and flexibility. The alterations better define what constitutes independent,
A cracking Christmas fair
St Dominic’s welcomed the start of the Christmas festivities recently, with their annual Christmas Fair. As ever, the event attracted a large number of visitors, all searching for that special
Entry charge not deterring castle visitors
More than 18,000 visitors paid the entrance fee to visit Castelo de São Jorge in the first week that the charge was introduced. “Since the introduction of an entrance fee