Super Bock, Super Flop
Around 120,000 festival-goers flocked to the 10th Super Bock Super Rock anniversary, which took place at the Parque do Tejo in Lisbon over a three day period last week. But
Cycling charity marathon
During Euro 2004, a team of 10 cyclists will be riding to each and every football stadium involved in the tournament as part of a bid to raise money for
Casa Pia charges dropped
Some of the most prominent people involved in the ongoing Casa Pia paedophilia case have had the charges against them dropped, while others have had their charges reduced. The Casa
Channel four wants you
Channel Four wants YOU: Ricochet South, the makers of No Going Back, are making a new documentary series about the problems that can beset Britons buying property abroad. It will
Air Force alert for ‘UFO’
A strange object passed over the Portuguese night skies last week, causing many who saw it to think that aliens were monitoring the nation. The authorities took the sighting very
Lions hold fundraiser
The lions club, a charity organisation with members across the world, is celebrating 50 years of service to local communities in Portugal this year. Lions Clube de Loulé was formed
Sharp fall in new drivers
The number of people learning to drive has dropped significantly in the last year. For the whole of 2004, the Direcção-Geral de Viação (Transport Directorate) is only expected to hand
Amnesty attacks Portugal
An Amnesty International report has recently criticised the way Portugal tackles domestic violence, stating that it is neglectful of the issue. Six women in every thousand die each year as
Bombeiros blame government
Hundreds of bombeiros from all over Portugal recently travelled north in order to join fellow fire fighters in damning the support they received from the government during last summer’s devastating
Eagle eye at frontiers
Border controls, scrapped in 1991, were reintroduced last week as part of the government’s strategy to launch a pre-emptive strike against hooliganism and terrorism in the forthcoming Euro 2004 tournament.