Portugal

Increased inflation, high unemployment, high VAT and low productivity have reduced the purchasing power of the Portuguese to their lowest levels since 1984. Inflation, which currently stands at 4.1%, coupled

International ratings agency Fitch has warned that Portugal’s banks will be unable to meet stiff new European Commission capital ratio rules requiring them to have up to 10% liquidity levels.

More than 4,000 children in Portugal are hospitalised each year as a result of falls, according to a study by APSI, the association for the promotion of child safety. Between

A communication mast erected last year at the Vila Serena residential area of Praia da Luz was finally removed on May 18. Local residents fought to win the right to

Lagoa’s International School of the Algarve’s Speed Skating Club has achieved much success recently and training for the 2011 National Championships has already started. The club, which consists of teams

We were recently contacted by reader Sonja Stepniewski, who found newborn puppies dumped in a lixo bin close to her home in Algoz. Here she describes how the disturbing experience

Pilgrims visiting the religious site of Cova de Iria in Fátima, in the centre of Portugal, for the annual May 13 Catholic celebrations also paid homage to the recently beatified

By PAULO SILVESTRE paulo.silvestre@theresidentgroup.com Loulé council has removed the last unused warehouse in the fishermen’s quarter of Quarteira to make way for the construction of a leisure park on the

British marine environment specialist Charlie Frew left Hong Kong on May 19 2010, under a yellow rain storm warning, to start a year long journey that ended on May 15

Members of the Chaîne des Rôtisseurs dined at Monte de Casal near Estoi on Friday, May 13. Owner Bill Hawkins welcomed the members with a glass of champagne before they