Amadora opens new car parks
Officials from Amadora Câmara presided over the opening of three new car parks in its concelho last week. A total of 520 places will help to alleviate parking problems in
Phone thieves strike again
Yet another mobile phone shop was burgled last week in the Algarve and police believe that one gang is responsible for a spate of similar raids. The gang’s modus operandi
Ancient convent found
Throughout the month of August, a group of around 50 history students from Minho University in the north of Portugal, led by several professional archaeologists, worked on archaeological digs at
Police arrest murder suspect
The Judicial Police have arrested a 23-year-old man for the murder of a prominent Lisbon nightclub owner. Artur Esteves, a 55-year-old empresário, was violently attacked at his home on the
Azores may be rocket site
Portugal is a leading candidate to replace Guyana as a launch pad for European Space Agency rockets, according to Minister of Science, Innovation and Higher Education, Maria da Graça Carvalho.
Radiant Royals
The Earl and Countess of Wessex jetted into Portugal last week to open the Freeport Shopping Centre in Alcochete, the biggest discount shopping complex in Europe. The Earl cut the
Café given special status
Loulé Câmara is proposing to classify the city’s Café Calcinha as a place of special municipal interest, entitling the building to a preservation order. The café has always been an
Red Bull madness
The first Portuguese Red Bull Grand Prix, christened the ‘Craziest Race in the World’, took place last weekend in Lisbon’s Edward VII Park. The event, involving elaborately decorated go-carts, resembling
Cannabis plantation discovered
Two suspects have appeared in court at Albergaria-a-Velha on charges of cultivating a cannabis plantation. The plants covered a 40 square metre settlement in a farmstead in the suburbs of
Ring of approval
To what extent are today’s sporting extravaganzas a medium for political propaganda? Greece and Portugal were certainly able to boost their images abroad in addition to building domestic self-esteem by