Portugal’s naturists bemoan “discrimination”
Their annual run was held last weekend at the fated Meco beach in Sesimbra, in fairly frisky conditions, but the 50 or so naturists were glad of the intemperate weather,
Go Conforama! 240 new jobs and €20m promised
In an ambitious masterplan, home decoration and furniture outlet Conforama has announced that it will be opening six new stores in the next three years – offering as many as
Greenpeace protest “foiled at the last minute” in Lisbon
After three days hiding in a cement tube at Lisbon’s Luz Stadium, Greenpeace activists had planned to leap out during the Champions League game last Saturday and hang a protest
Portuguese stud farm seals million euro deal with Jordan Royal Family
One of the country’s best stud farms has sealed a millionaire deal with the Jordanian government involving the purchase of 300 pure-bred Lusitano horses – at least 58 of which
Dwarves to perform at bull-baiting event
In an extraordinary initiative, organisers of Ponte de Lima’s annual bull-running event have announced that this year they will be bringing in a squad of seven dwarves to act as
Millions to be ploughed into “Big Brother” speed controls
Over €4 million are about to be ploughed into a new speed control system in Portugal which will spy on traffic on every kind of road and in every district.
Door-to-door medical care
Castro Marim’s mobile health unit will soon be offering ‘door to door’ medical care to communities living in the rural parishes of Azinhal and Odeleite, where health services were recently
Roadside horror as driver killed ‘showing documents to GNR’
A 20-year-old driver was killed in a horrific accident as she showed her documents to GNR police on the side of a busy road. Catarina Batalha was hit with such
Boozed-up police chief threatens drivers with gun
It’s another shocking case of a police chief who refused to “blow into the bag” when showing signs of being over the limit, but this one resorted to violence as
British drug traffickers foiled by faulty motor
Narcotics police got lucky at the weekend when two British drug smugglers were forced to call for help after 12 hours marooned at sea, 40 miles south of Faro, with