Portugal

GERMANY’S FIRST sextuplets for 20 years were born prematurely, at just 27 weeks, in a clinic in the capital Berlin on October 16. According to independent specialists, the four girls

MORE THAN 150 animals and plants indigenous to Portugal, Madeira, the Azores and Portuguese coastal waters have made it onto the International Union for Nature Conservation’s Red List of seriously

A PORTUGUESE lorry driver working for a Spanish haulage company was arrested on Monday on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving after a family of six died in a

By: CECÍLIA PIRES cecilia@the-resident.com MOST second home buyers in central and eastern Algarve prefer the coast, the majority look for apartments for short holiday periods and many want to rent

OPERATION DELTA, a fire fighting and prevention initiative in Portugal, ended on October 15 with the Minister of Internal Administration, Rui Pereira, praising the efforts of those involved. Rui Pereira

By: CHRIS GRAEME chris@the-resident.com THE PORTUGUESE have nothing to worry about when it comes to the state of the nation’s banks, said President Cavaco Silva last week. “The banks are

PORTUGAL IS among developed countries where the gulf between the best paid and lowest paid workers in the last two decades has widened. A study by the International Employment Organisation,

ELECTRICITY PRICES in Portugal are set to rise by an average of 4.9 per cent in 2009, according to the energy regulator ERSE, despite already increasing by 2.9 per cent

PLANS TO sell seven per cent of the Portuguese government’s stake in Galp Energia, the oil and fuel company, have been suspended. Finance Minister Fernando Teixeira dos Santos said in

WITH JUST a week to go before the inauguration of the Algarve Motor Park, Chief Executive of Parkalgar Paulo Pinheiro spoke exclusively to The Resident’s DAISY SAMPSON about the huge