‘Janeiras’ concert
Nine local choral groups will be performing traditional Portuguese songs known as ‘Janeiras’ at the historic Teatro Mascarenhas Gregório in Silves on January 5. ‘Janeiras’ are traditionally sung on town
Hundreds greet New Year with sea swim
Ferragudo || More than 200 people braved the cold sea on New Year’s Day (January 1) at Praia do Pintadinho in Ferragudo, marking the town’s traditional ‘Banho de Mar’ event.
CNN features Eusébio in ‘legend’ obituary
American news giant CNN has included Portuguese footballer Eusébio in its list of ‘Legends we lost in 2014’ published online at the end of December. Written by CNN’s Portuguese journalist
Draghi cranks up fears over Eurozone deflation
The euro has slipped to a four-and-a-half year low today after the dismal comments of European Central Bank boss Mario Draghi in a New Year’s interview that is now doing
“Large cow” writes-off BMW in Bragança road horror
As the saying goes “it could have been a lot worse”. A large cow loose on the main Vila Real/Bragança road on the night of New Year collided with a
Cavaco navigates political icebergs in New Year speech
As Portugal enters a key election year, the party-political posturing has begun – with President Cavaco Silva using his New Year speech to warn against it. But as commentators pointed
Prices up at the pumps – and rising!
In stark contrast to what is happening on the global scene, Portugal is being battered at the pumps today, with marked price hikes and more to follow. After the honeymoon
17 “interested” in the bank critics feared no-one would want
When the Bank of Portugal announced the €4.9 billion bailout raised to “save” BES’ healthy assets from the toxic variety last August, critics railed at the potential folly of it
Cases of abandoned newborns “another consequence of the crisis”
Already a country with the lowest birth-rate in the European Union, Portugal is further cursed by being a nation which has started abandoning more babies due to the crisis. According
Portugal on BBC list of top 7 places in the world to retire
On January 2nd the BBC Capital website released a list of the seven best places in the world to retire, and as has been the case in other similar studies