Prison for driving licence cheats
A syndicate of fraudsters, who offered a package deal of a trip to Portugal from Madeira, including a crash-driving course, recently received heavy prison sentences. During the court case, the
Software steals bank
One in three home computers is infected with hacking software that steals users’ bank details, says Internet Service Provider, Earthlink. After a survey of 420,000 PCs, Earthlink found that nearly
Santana Lopes is new PM
Pedro Santana Lopes, the leader of Portugal’s ruling centre-right social democratic government, was formally appointed the Prime Minister designate last Monday. “Now I will begin the necessary talks to form
New cabinet sworn in and PM promises to work for the poor
Pedro Santana Lopes and his new cabinet have been officially sworn in at a ceremony in Lisbon. The appointment means that the country continues to be led by the centre-right
Pedestrian death toll too high
The General Transport Directorate (DGV) and the Society for the Prevention of Portuguese Road Accidents (PRP) have launched a publicity campaign directed at pedestrians, who currently account for 60 per
Cocaine coup uncovered
Police have made one of their biggest hauls of high quality cocaine that Portugal has ever seen. In total, 2231,615kg of the drug was seized at the port of Leixões,
Lottery winner wanted
Following last week’s ‘no claim’, the department of the Jogos da Santa Casa da Misericódia in Lisbon has announced that the jackpot for the Loto2 lottery for this week is
Debt causes kidnapping
A female Canadian ex-pat was kidnapped recently from Estoril near Cascais, and taken to Vigo in Spain. The woman, identified as Renee Forester, ran a business with her husband in
briefs…
Winners… Holland’s Edgar Davids looks to be on the way to Spurs after impressing in Portugal and the former Celtic striker Henrik Larsson has had his performances in the Sweden
Expensive city life
Fluctuations in the rate of exchange between the euro and the dollar have caused a general increase in the cost of living in European cities – and Lisbon has risen