Venice’s fourth bridge
THE CITY of Venice, Italy, witnessed the arrival by boat of the city’s first new bridge in more than 70 years last week. The bridge’s location is at a strategic
Recycling the human body
By: JENNY GRAINER jenny@portugalresident.com I’M RATHER proud of Portugal’s stance on recycling. Long gone are the days when we left kitchen refuse outside in buckets or, worse, in thin plastic
Bid for a historic flight
IF YOU fancy taking a seat on one of the most significant planes to be produced in recent years, you are in luck. Singapore Airlines is conducting a charity auction
The long and winding road
By: MARK RAWCLIFFE mark@portugalresident.com WHEN I moved here in mid 1992, the EN125 was the only road to get anywhere. A trip to pick up a relative or friend from
Anxiety and irrational faith
By: MARGARET BROWN THERE IS plenty of trouble in the world. We see it every day on television and in the newspapers. It keeps the media moguls happy and gives
Snappy suitcase
By: NATASHA SMITH natasha@portugalresident.com A SAUDI man attempted to smuggle reptiles out of Egypt in his luggage on Sunday. The discovery of the cobras and infant Nile crocodiles, among other
Dry island
By: NATASHA SMITH natasha@portugalresident.com RESIDENTS AND tourists on the island of Bali, Indonesia, have been hit by an alcohol shortage. Supplies have dwindled and the state-owned firm responsible for importing
Evasive action
By: NATASHA SMITH natasha@portugalresident.com A MAN in Canada tried to foil police’s attempts to give him a breath test after it was suspected that he was drunk in his car.
Crocs-away
By: NATASHA SMITH natasha@portugalresident.com IN AN effort to escape from a 12th floor apartment in Moscow, a crocodile jumped out of a window – and survived. This is apparently not
Blind ambition
By: NATASHA SMITH natasha@portugalresident.com IN LAST week’s It’s a Funny Old World, it was reported that police stopped a man in southern Estonia when they suspected that he was driving