European No Car day
By SUE HALL Tavira Câmara supported the European Car Free Day on September 22 as part of European Mobility Week with the theme this year being Alternative Mobility. Between 8.30am
Social security payouts sky-rocket due to the crisis
In just six months the number of people signing on to the Government’s supplementary benefit, the Social Insertion Fund, has shot up by 10,718, costing the State €280.9 million. More
European Union moves towards Eurobonds to avoid calamity
In My View by CHRIS GRAEME chris.graeme@theresidentgroup.com The European Commission has given its first hints that the European Union is planning to move towards budgetary and political union to avoid
Tatiana – a very special girl
By PAULO SILVESTRE paulo.silvestre@theresidentgroup.com Life is not always fair and when a child is born with cerebral palsy things can go from bad to worse for a family. Tatiana Araújo
BPN has €4.5 billion black hole
The nationalisation of BPN has already cost the Portuguese State €4.5 billion. The size of the troubled Portuguese bank’s black hole – BPB was nationalised in 2008 following the financial
Italian job
The Parkalgar Honda team triumphed over adversity at the 10th round of the World Supersport Championship in Imola. Top rider Sam Lowes missed most of the first qualifying session following
Japanese fish and Atlantic coasts
Artist Rachel Ramirez attended the opening of her new exhibition of work at the Galeria Corte-Real in Paderne, where she explained the printing process of gyotaku that she uses in
US stands with Portugal over economic reforms
By DAISY SAMPSON daisy.sampson@theresidentgroup.com US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has praised the efforts of the Portuguese government for its raft of austerity measures aimed at preventing further economic turmoil
Portugal doesn’t need more financing says Commission
A European Commission spokesman said on Monday that Portugal was “sufficiently financed” discarding the need for a second Troika bail out. However, the same source warned that the scenario could
Shot down
Still improving Portimonense wasted three opportunities to take the lead against Belenenses during the opening five minutes and were duly punished when Victor Lemos put the visitors one up. Ben

