Horse lovers pressure authorities
As the Resident went to press, a group of animal lovers was still being allowed to feed Lagoa’s 30 or more skeletal horses (see our story in last week’s August
Macabre find at Porto railway station
PJ police are investigating the macabre find last night (Wednesday) of a badly decomposed body in a plastic bag near a guesthouse alongside Porto’s São Bento station. Newspaper reports say
Dried fruits take centre stage at Alcantarilha fair
The small town of Alcantarilha in the Silves borough will be hosting the 13th ‘Dried Fruits Fair’ between September 5 and 7. The fair, which has become the town’s staple
11.000 Portuguese “at risk of extradition”
More than 11.000 Portuguese who have emigrated to Germany in search of a better life now face extradition. The news comes as Berlin approves new laws to clamp down on
Behind bars: suspected killer of Albufeira bouncer
Crime || Still sporting cuts and bruises from the bar brawl that left an Albufeira bouncer bleeding to death, 27-year-old Cape Verdean Valter Nunes appeared in court last Thursday (August
FNAC hiring
FNAC is currently hiring for its soon-to-open stores in Setúbal and Faro’s shopping centre Fórum Algarve. A total of 12 full-time and part-time job offers have been put up online
Hackers target Novo Banco and Bank of Portugal
On the day Novo Banco revealed its new logo, Internet hackers connected with the Anonymous movement splashed hundreds of email addresses from the bank across its facebook page. Under the
Portugal’s debt rising “by €14 million per day”
Bank crises, bailouts and top-level financial investigations are keeping the focus off another ball that is bouncing ever higher: Portugal’s public debt levels are rising by as much as €14
New “judicial map” spells chaos
Court workers are at their wits end as the grandly-termed “new judicial map” prepares to rewrite their lives from September 1. Many face horrendously long journeys into work as courthouses
Armed robber escapes… on push-bike
A Barreiro chemist was the target of an unusual robbery last week. A man in a hoodie burst in late one evening, just as the place was due to close,