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By: CHRIS GRAEME chris@the-resident.com UNITED STATES Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said she did not believe it was in the Russians interests to be isolated from the rest of the

By: CHRIS GRAEME chris@the-resident.com NINETY-TWO per cent of foreign tourists visiting Lisbon say they would like to return to the city, according to a survey carried out for the Lisbon

THE AMERICAN Secretary of State, Condoleezza Rice, was in Lisbon on Thursday to hold talks with Prime Minister José Sócrates. She made the stop-over on her way to North Africa,

AN INTERNET blog that portrays a side of Lisbon that the city’s tourism board and Câmara would rather not be seen is being inundated with hits and comments. Lisboa SOS

MONDAY MARKED the 20th anniversary of Lisbon’s worst fire since the 1755 Great Lisbon Earthquake. The fire, which was caused by an electrical fault near the famous Armazéns do Chiado

THE WALLS of buildings in Lisbon’s historic Bairro Alto are providing the backdrop for an ephemeral museum – to graffiti! The art movement Acorda Lisboa, Wake Up Lisbon, says that

By: CHRIS GRAEME chris@the-resident.com LISBON CÂMARA has succeeded in paying off half of its outstanding debts to key suppliers. According to Câmara President António Costa, sound financial housekeeping in the

THE ULTIMATE sightseeing experience and fun way of getting around Lisbon and enjoying the sights has been launched in the capital. It takes the form of a GPS guided, talking

By: CHRIS GRAEME chris@the-resident.com MORE THAN 40 prizes were given away by generous sponsors at this year’s British-Portuguese Chamber of Commerce end-of-term bash at Lisbon’s Hotel Marriott on Friday. This

LISBON OFFERS a better environment to live and work than most other cities worldwide, according to a study by international consultants Mercer. The Portuguese capital ranked in 44th place in