Portugal

Directors of the Estoril-Sol group of casinos, which owns Europe’s largest casinos at Estoril and Lisbon, are considering laying off staff because of the economic crisis. Traditionally, casinos and other

By CHRIS GRAEME chris.graeme@mmspublishing.com Portugal’s social security system is in trouble as the recession has caused revenues to nose-dive by 63 per cent. High unemployment and social security payments, falling

The Portuguese Judo Federation has chosen to send only six competitors to the 26th World Championships which began in Holland this week. Amongst the five women and one man hoping

An OECD survey shows teachers are demotivated and lose 13 per cent of classroom time dealing with disruptive pupils. The survey was conducted in 23 countries, 15 of which are

An increasing number of workers in the construction sector in Portugal are finding themselves without a job. This week, data released by the Portuguese federation of the construction industry and

The Emirates Team New Zealand, under the command of Dean Barker, secured its third consecutive victory on this year’s Audi MedCup circuit in taking the season-ending Troféu de Portugal –

A timber lorry travelling westbound on the A22 left the carriageway between the A2 and the IC1 Junction on Tuesday, August 25. The vehicle overturned below the embankment and the

Residents living on the main road into Carvoeiro, near Lagoa, were woken in the early hours of August 21 by the sound of glass being smashed as a group of

“Could you organise us a trip to South Africa?” is just one bizarre request the British consulate in Portimão has received from holidaymakers in the Algarve. The foreign office has

This week, a vast majority of online voters said that the £750,000 Leicestershire police spent on the investigation into the disappearance of Madeleine McCann was not money well spent.Only 26