Lisbon

By CHRIS GRAEME chris.graeme@algarveresident.com Temperatures might have plunged close to freezing in Lisbon on Saturday but passengers riding the metro might have been forgiven for thinking it was flaming June.

LISBON WAS gripped by a four-day strike by rubbish collectors earlier this week. Both rubbish collection and street cleaning services ceased on Monday after municipal unions and Lisbon Câmara failed

By Chris Graeme I HAVE to say that maths has never been my cup of tea; in fact when it comes to mathematical brain teasers and problems, I have the

REGISTRATION IS open for the inaugural São Silvestre de Lisboa run on December 27 from Praça do Rossio. The 10 kilometre run around central Lisbon costs eight euros to enter

By CHRIS GRAEME chris@the-resident.com RUSSIAN FOREIGN minister Sergey Lavrov said that creating “artificial obstacles” was not the way to solve common security issues in Europe. The Russian foreign minister was

IRELAND IS being told to change its constitution by EU partners to enable it to ratify the Treaty of Lisbon. Despite a referendum voting against the Treaty, economic pressures at

By: CHRIS GRAEME chris@the-resident.com REMEMBER THOSE Avon and Oriflame ladies that came to your house in the 1970s and 1980s to show you and your friends a range of beauty

LISBON HAS been chosen, along with 10 other cities worldwide, as a ‘must visit’ destination in 2009. The capital was elected by travel guide group Lonely Planet for its Best

LISBON’S AVENIDA da Liberdade was closed for Friday, Saturday and Sunday for the Renault Road Show, which showed off one Formula 1 racing car screaming up and down the nation’s

THE MOST eccentric guide to Lisbon since Baedecker has been launched by the publishing group Le Cool. The Weird and Wonderful Guide to Lisbon by long-time editor Joana Pinto Correia