State of the nation
President Jorge Sampaio used his traditional New Year’s address to make a plea for greater respect for foreign citizens who live and work in Portugal. Sampaio said this was a
Text tidal wave
Each Portuguese mobile phone owner sent an average of four text messages on New Year’s Eve when, according to the three Portuguese mobile phone operators, more than 146 million text
Abusers might be tapped
Domestic violence has now become such a pressing issue for the Portuguese government that the police may be granted permission to tap telephones in a bid to gather evidence against
Walk-in clinics planned
Domestic violence has now become such a pressing issue for the Portuguese government that the police may be granted permission to tap telephones in a bid to gather evidence against
Britney in Lisbon
Britney Spears will make her second appearance at the Rock in Rio music festival, but this time in the Portuguese capital instead of Brazil. The 22-year-old pop singer is set
Cleaning up Faro
According to one local shopkeeper, the streets of Faro are turning into a rubbish tip. “After more than three phone calls to the authorities,” he explained, “the municipal services came
Course control
A report into the region’s golf facilities has concluded that the Algarve should not build more than 41 full size 18-hole courses, at least until the year 2020. According to
Elderly in first flight
Old people from rural areas in Loulé travelled by air for the first time recently, when they undertook a Faro-Lisbon flight that also included a sightseeing tour of the capital.
Incommunicado at Christmas
As the end of 2003 approached, some residents of parts of the western Algarve had been without telephone lines or internet connections for three weeks, following heavy storms at the
Lagoa road programme
Almost one million euros has recently been invested by the Câmara Municipal de Lagoa in the Alporchinos/Lombos road, which will complete the intermunicipal Silves/Albufeira/Lagoa road. According to information from Lagoa