Double standards
Sometimes I feel sick to the stomach being part of the human race. Envy, fear and ignorance have been responsible for many unspeakable injustices in our history. Who can ever
Nordic Christmas
Last year’s Nordic Club Christmas Bazaar raised over 20,000 euros for several charity institutions in Portugal, including the Associação Cristã de Reinseração e Apoio Social (home for the elderly in
Zoomarine hosts groundbreaking research
Zoomarine park, near Albufeira, opened a special research laboratory this week for the study of molluscs and their link to cures for life threatening diseases. The initiative is a joint
Emergency landing leads
Nine people were injured last Friday, one of them seriously, following an emergency landing of an aircraft belonging to Spanish carrier Iberia at Lisbon airport. A spokesperson from ANA (Aeroportos
OAPs in fake euro fraud
A total of 900,000 euros in counterfeit bank notes has been seized in just eight months, following the discovery of eight ‘money factories’ in Portugal. The Polícia Judiciária (PJ) arrested
EU REPORT
Durão Barroso’s EU Commission has finally taken office amid a new row over one of its members, the French transport commissioner, Jacques Barrot, who failed to reveal a conviction for
Pedestrian deaths too common
A young girl was run over recently while on her way home from school. Ana Rita, 15, was on a zebra crossing when she was hit by a red Porsche
Festive season anticipated
Freeport Designer Outlet was the venue for an event that aimed to light up Alcochete and the lives of children living in SOS villages over Christmas. “Polar bears, penguins, seals
Portugal joins top 20
Portugal is the 19th best country in the world to live in, according to a report entitled The World in 2005, in the Economist magazine. The survey aims to measure
Fight urban stress
According to a recent study, life in urban Portugal is getting ever more stressful, with damaging consequences to our health. Traffic jams, long working hours, poor and irregular eating habits,