Portugal

Back in the top flight for the first time in 20 years, Portimão FC face a difficult opening Superliga match away to Braga on August15. The subsequent seasonal home debut

Alex Ellis, British Ambassador to Portugal, has agreed the appointment of the new British Consul in Lisbon, Simona Demuro. Simona Demuro, who has worked for the British Council for 12

By Chris Graeme chris.graeme@theresidentgroup.com Diplomats, parliamentary deputies, friends and guests of the new United States Ambassador to Portugal were visibly touched by this year’s speech at the annual 4th of

Xico Handball claimed their first men’s Portuguese Cup triumph in Tavira. The underdogs overcame record 12-time champions Sporting Lisbon 27-24 to upset the odds in a tightly contested final.

The verdict into Portugal’s longest running criminal court case has been postponed until early next month. The so-called Casa Pia Case has been investigating alleged instances of sexual abuse involving

By CHRIS GRAEME chris.graeme@theresidentgroup.com A top Portuguese economist has suggested that Germany should leave the Euro because it is keeping the currency artificially too strong for its struggling southern European

Neither Andy Murray or Roger Federer-conqueror and men’s singles finalist Tomas Berdych were able to match Rafael Nadal’s aggressive powerplay as the 24-year-old Spaniard went on to claim his second

By DAISY SAMPSON daisy.sampson@theresidentgroup.com Albufeira Câmara has reacted to the problem of rock falls and potentially dangerous cliffs along the Algarve’s coastline by launching a beach safety campaign in both

Ninety-one per cent of Portuguese believe that levels of poverty have increased in the past 12 months. According to statistics from the European Union statistical information service Eurobarometer, 46 per

Hot weather on June 28 made for a hard fought crown green competition at the Amendoeira Bowls Club, near Alcantarilha, but it was Peter Clarke (right) who won all his