China releases guidebook for civilised tourism
China’s government has released a 64-page “Guidebook for Civilised Tourism”, which urges Chinese people travelling abroad to restrain themselves from limp handshakes, picking their noses, urinating in public pools, and
Dishonest Lisbon
A social experiment undertaken by The Reader’s Digest magazine, which aimed to see how many people would return purposely “lost” wallets in various international cities, placed Lisbon at the bottom
Class reorganisation ends hunger strike
Authorisation to reorganise school classes that mixed primary schoolchildren from different grades was granted to the board of a public school in Loulé and, as a result, the hunger strike
Citizens oppose fees on bank deposit accounts
A petition that demands the end of “maintenance fees” on deposit accounts was signed by over 90,000 people and handed over to Parliament by consumer watchdog DECO. The association revealed
Confusion over English class
Confusion abounds over the teaching of English as a foreign language in public primary schools in Portugal as the Minister of Education has been accused of inconsistency when deciding whether
Diabetes protocol
Lagoa has teamed up with AEDMADA, a regional association for the study and support of diabetes sufferers, by signing a protocol to help diabetic patients in the municipality. Ten resident
Drug smugglers arrested
Ten drug smugglers were arrested in Lagos and 1,800 kilos of hashish confiscated in a large combined operation involving the Portuguese and Spanish authorities. The detentions followed an operation named
Drugs and illegal immigrants found on board river ferries
A joint operation between the maritime police and the immigration and border control authorities (SEF) which inspected ferries doing the river crossing from Lisbon to Cacilhas led to deportation orders
Drugs in factory
A large quantity of drugs were found by police in an underground hiding place in an abandoned fish-paste factory in Mexilhoeira da Carregação in the Algarve, and resulted in the
Easytoll success
National roads operator Estradas de Portugal reported takings to the tune of €1.5 million in August from tolls on roads it controls. According to the company, the installation of the