Lisbon better than NY
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
Lisbon stock market crashes 30 per cent
LISBON’S STOCK market suffered its worst week ever at the end of June with 22 billion euros being wiped of the value of PSI-20 share index company shares. On Tuesday
UK deputy speakers in Lisbon for conference
THE DEPUTY Speaker of the House of Lords, Lord Julian Grenfell, and the Deputy Speaker of the House of Commons, the Right Honourable Sir Alan Haselhurst MP, attended a conference
Celtic Legends at Lisbon Casino
INSPIRED BY Irish culture, the Celtic Legends show will be take place in the Oceans auditorium of the Lisbon Casino between July 8 and 20. Celtic Legends aims to recreate
Vila Franca de Xira to compete with Lisbon for 2012
LISBON COULD lose the opportunity to host the 2012 edition of the world’s largest open air rock-pop festival, Rock in Rio. The organisers of the festival are considering throwing the
Lisbon metro
LISBON METRO will celebrate its 60th anniversary over the next six months with cultural entertainment, exhibitions and live music at its 50 stations. Amongst the musical commemorations will be jazz,
State lawyers study Lisbon casino lease
By: CHRIS GRAEME chris@the-resident.com THE PORTUGUESE government is determined that the Lisbon Casino land site should revert back to the state, and not to Estoril Sol Casinos, when the current
TGV could enter Lisbon via 25 de Abril bridge
THE TGV high speed rail link from Madrid to Lisbon could temporarily enter the city via the 25 de Abril bridge if the proposed Chelas-Barreiro bridge falls behind schedule, it
Lisbon speed trap radars register fall in infractions
LISBON’S 21 speed traps caught 56 per cent fewer speeding motorists in the first three months of 2008 than the last quarter of 2007. According to information gathered by Lisbon’s
Another murder in Lisbon’s Bairro Alto
A 22 YEAR-OLD man was shot in the early hours of Thursday morning in Lisbon’s busiest night-life tourist area, Bairro Alto. It is the fourth murder to have been committed

