Sport briefs
Motorsport Norway’s Petter Solberg kept his slim world title chances alive by winning the Rally Italia Sardinia ahead of rival and championship leader Sebastien Loeb. The defending champion has three
One hotel opens, other to be demolished
The five-star Hotel Miragem, situated on the Marginal Road overlooking Cascais Bay, opened its doors on September 7. The hotel, which took five years to complete, is operating in ‘test-mode’.
World heritage bid for down-town
Lisbon council is preparing to propose the historic Baixa Pombalina district as a candidate for inclusion in the UNESCO World Heritage List. The area was largely destroyed by the devastating
Caetano Veloso sings a foreign sound
Brazilian singer, Caetano Veloso, returns to Lisbon on October 24, to perform at the Atlantic Pavilion, backed by the Lisbon Symphony Orchestra. Unlike his previous work – mostly sung in
One in five depressed in Portugal
Depression now affects one in five Portuguese and this figure is increasing, the Director General of Health (Direcção-Geral de Saúde-DGS) has warned. New evidence also shows that the consumption of
Bribe arrest
During a routine police operation this week in Albufeira, in which drivers were randomly stopped and asked to produce their insurance documents and driving licence, a man tried to bribe
Pool with no water
Frederick J. North Lda is in the business of providing fun throughout the Algarve. Established for more than 25 years, the company has supplied and serviced pool and snooker tables
But Algarve remains a high risk region
The extent of the area that has been affected by this year’s forest fires reached 114,942 hectares, around a quarter of last year’s burnt land, according to the General Administration
Portuguese sleep badly
Almost half of all Portuguese sleep badly, but only 19 per cent are aware of the problem, according to a new study. The enquiry, conducted by the magazine of the
Deaths on EN125
A recent head-on collision on the EN125, between a bus and a light vehicle, resulted in two deaths. The couple, both Brazilian, were driving in a Fiat Punto on the