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ARCHITECT’S DRAWINGS for the construction of the new International School of São Lourenço (EISL) building in Almancil have been unveiled by Plan Associated Architects, the award winning company based in

IT IS now possible to contact the emergency services in any European country by dialing 112, the EU’s common emergency number. Although the service has been available for several years,

PORTUGAL HAS been ranked 17th in an international poll of 25 economically developed countries assessing the quality of child care. In the report, published by UNICEF, Portugal met four of

Bernard Madoff, the former chairman of the Nasdaq stock exchange, has been charged with fraud in what has been described as a financial scandal. Some of the world’s biggest banks

RAOUL RUIZ Martinez, Resident contributor and financial adviser for euroFinesco s.a. fiscal and expatriate services, has been nominated for four Financial Times awards this year. He was nominated for best

IN A further twist to the BPP scandal, it has emerged that the Bank of Portugal, and its then governor António de Sousa, was warned not to allow João Rendeiro

SCIENTISTS HAVE discovered seven new gene variants that suggest that obesity is largely a mind problem. Two international studies published in Nature Genetics showed that the brain plays the dominant

MOTORBIKE ENTHUSIASTS were finally able to test their riding skills during the Miguel Praia training weekend at the Algarve Motor Park.

By ELOISE WALTON eloise@the-resident.com IT’S GOING to be a brighter Christmas for British resident Steven Newton and his family after his bank credited his account with 10,000 euros, which had

PORTUGUESE FILM maker Manoel de Oliveira turned 100 on Friday, making him the oldest active film maker in the business. Despite his advanced years, Manoel de Oliveira has not slowed