Portugal

NON-SMOKERS in Portugal inhale less carbon monoxide than smokers but still breathe in levels above the European average. The latest Help-Comets Study, researched and published as part of the Europe-wide

A TENDER was opened on Friday by the Portuguese government for a licence to set up and operate a 24 hour freeview national television channel in digital format. Details of

By: DAISY SAMPSON daisy.sampson@the-resident.com THERE HAS long been a connection between the world of aviation and bicycles. The Wright brothers were famous bicycle manufacturers before they became immortalised by inventing

By: ELOISE WALTON eloise@the-resident.com OH! WHAT a lovely production. The Algarveans theatre group certainly outdid themselves in their spirited rendition of the musical tragic-comedy Oh! What a Lovely War, staged

AFTER YEARS of prudent financial management by the government, the Portuguese Finance Minister looks set to try to spend the country’s way out of the recession. The government has given

PORTUGUESE TRUCKER Paulo Jorge Nogueira da Silva has been remanded in custody after being accused of causing death by dangerous driving following an accident in the UK on October 20

BOMB THREATS have been delivered to the US and Australian embassies in Indonesia as the three men accused of the Bali bombings await execution. Both the US and the Australian

THE FIRE Brigade, GNR and emergency services (INEM) in Ourique responded to an accident on the IC1 near Portela do Lobo on October 30, which resulted in one woman being

THIRTY MUSEUMS and five Portuguese palaces have uploaded 30,000 images from their art collections onto the internet. Anybody can now access pictures of thousands of treasures by logging onto www.matrizpix.imc-ip.pt

PORTUGAL IS the only country in the world where mothers with two or more children are more likely to be part of the workforce than women without children according to