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MADEIRA’S LEGISLATIVE Assembly has presented an official complaint to the Public Prosecutor against a regional parliamentarian for unfurling a Nazi Swastika flag during a meeting of the island’s parliament. Partido

LISBON CÂMARA president António Costa reopened the newly revamped puppet museum, Museu da Marioneta, on November 6. The museum in Convento das Bernadas in Lisbon was originally founded in 1987

By INÊS LOPES ines@the-resident.com AROUND 200 people wore their poppies with pride as they gathered outside St. Luke’s Church, Palhagueira, in Gorjões near Santa Bárbara de Nexe for the Remembrance

VIDEO SHARING website YouTube will show full-length films from the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) Hollywood studios after signing a partnership that is aimed at boosting revenue for the two companies. This deal

By CHRIS GRAEME chris@the-resident.com IN AN unprecedented step aimed at kick-starting the economy, getting banks to lend to each other and to breathe life into the flagging housing market, the

EUROPEAN UNION foreign ministers are to resume partnership talks with Russia, despite the former Soviet republic Lithuania calling the decision a mistake. The EU suspended talks over Russia’s intervention in

CIAMPINO AIRPORT in Rome was temporarily closed on Monday after a Ryanair aircraft suffered “substantial damage” as it made an emergency landing. Ryanair said that the incident occurred after birds

By DAISY SAMPSON daisy.sampson@the-resident.com PORTUGAL AND Spain are working together to try to increase the number of American tourists visiting Iberia. Tourism officials in the two countries have announced their

By: DAISY SAMPSON daisy.sampson@the-resident.com AFTER YEARS of planning, months of building and weeks of speculation the Algarve Motor Park finally opened its doors to the public last weekend to host

A MASSIVE recycling point, ecopilha, has been unveiled in Lisbon to try and raise awareness of the importance of recycling everyday household used batteries. The centre, which was revealed to