Portugal

LIFE COACH Rhonda Byrne’s world best-selling book The Secret (O Segredo) turned out to be the biggest seller in Portugal in the past 12 months. The book has already gone

British Airways have announced that they have dropped fuel surcharge by as much as a third on long haul services as well as reducing prices for European travellers, reflecting the

A robot submarine has been launched from a French ship in the Mediterranean to try and reconnect severed underwater cables. The cables, which provide internet and phone communications to parts

Muntadar al Zaidi, the Iraqi journalist who threw his shoes at US president George Bush, is to go on trial on December 31 accused of “aggression against a foreign head

ONLY HOURS after the death of the president of Guinea, Lansana Conte, the military in the country have announced that it has dissolved the government and suspended the constitution. Catain

A STUDY has revealed that nearly 75 per cent of teachers in Portugal would change their profession if they had the choice. The study, which was carried out on 1,100

Lisbon Casino is staging the international hit show Stomp between January 6 and 18 before it moves to the Coliseu do Porto from February 6 and 18. The show, famous

CELEBRATE THIS New Year’s Eve in style by attending one of the many free public street parties with concerts and fireworks that will be taking place across the Algarve on

CHINA HAS sent two giant pandas to Taiwan as a gift from Beijing to the self governing island long considered by the Chinese to be part of the mainland territory.

A new law concerning domestic violence is to come into force in Portugal and will mean abusive partners will be held to justice.  Under the current law, an abusive partner