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
Birth rate falling
A study carried out by the National Institute of Statistics (INE) has revealed that the steady rise recorded in the country’s birth rate since 1996 has been interrupted. Cristina Alcock
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
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
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.
The new plagues
The World Health Organisation has recently tried to start a campaign against the growing problem of nutrition related diseases. One of them is diabetes. For Portugal it is estimated that
Alarming drug rates
According to a recent study carried out by the Portuguese Drug Institution, Portugal has one of the highest rates of heroin consumption in Europe. The study revealed that, in Portugal,