Poker angel
A young Portuguese online poker player has just given €50,000 to charity, after betting himself that he could take €100 and make €100,000. Clever André Coimbra actually made €50,881, donating
Benfica legend Mário Coluna dies
Former Benfica and Portugal captain Mário Coluna has died at the age of 78 after a pulmonary infection. Coluna was a central figure in the great Benfica team of the
Ticket bonanza for basement battle
Olhanense are making every effort to attract a large turnout for their all important relegation battle with Belenenses on Sunday at the Estádio José Arcanjo, Olhão (behind McDonalds on the
Minister claims luxury hotel stay “fundamental”
“Fundamental” was the word chosen to explain the €20,000-plus bill run up last week by Agriculture Minister Assunção Cristas when she stayed at a luxury hotel complex in California with
Lagos market sellers take fight to Lisbon
Farmers’ market sellers from Lagos are in Lisbon today (March 5) fighting against new laws which they claim will see hundreds of small producers throughout Portugal going out of business,
One dead, two injured and yet more damage as waves return
Monday’s serious weather alert along Portugal’s “wild west coast” left one woman dead, two injured and a swathe of damage north of the Tejo estuary. The death happened at Praia
Getting richer
Forbes magazine’s “rich list” shows how Portuguese mega-millionaires Américo Amorim and Belmiro de Azevedo have even more reason to smile about this year. Their fortunes have increased substantially – in
New citizens
More and more Portuguese emigrés are taking on new nationalities as they forge lives abroad. New data from Eurostat shows that in 2011 9,000 Portuguese became citizens of other countries.
Church winge
Portugal’s Supreme Court of Justice has ruled that a firework accident that gravely injured a little girl seven years ago was the responsibility of the local parish in Ponte da
Banking blunder
A bank manager masterminded a violent raid on her own bank, and made sure she was shot in the foot to “divert any form of suspicion”. But the ruse didn’t