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
Petrol hike causes exodus – Motorists flock to Ayamonte
Recent increases in petrol prices are running counter to the trend across the border. On average, prices at the pumps in Portugal are now rising by two cêntimos a week.
Speak Out!
Justice is in a chaotic state in Portugal, according to the head of the Portuguese Ordem Dos Advogados (Order of Lawyers), José Miguel Júdice. The lawyer has recently begun a
Kick Off
Kick off! Soccer stars Luís Figo, Thierry Henry, Ruud van Niestelrooy and Wayne Rooney recently got together with Coca-Cola to celebrate the countdown to the Euro 2004 and to announce
Train links Faro to Braga in six hours
Portugal will feel that bit smaller during the Euro 2004, thanks to the train links that will allow travellers to go from Faro to Braga in less than six hours
Air con for hospitals…but not until autumn
Last August some places – such as Beja – reached 45.4 degrees. However, a spokesman from the Health Ministry has admitted that the seven hospitals chosen to be fitted with
Abandoned baby’s mother detained
Officers from the Judicial Police have detained the mother who abandoned her baby girl – “Mariana” – at the end of April in a shopping basket at the Forum Shopping
Emergency
Growing concerns about proposed strike action by the immigration service during the Euro 2004 tournament have been heightened by a similar threat by fire-fighters. During the Third National Congress of
Portugal potential target says US
Prime Minister Durão Barroso has played down an ‘advisory’ issued by the US State Department last week, which warned US citizens of the potential for terrorist attacks and hooliganism if