Portugal

PORTUGAL’S PRIME Minister, José Socrates, and members of his cabinet began handing out the first 5,000 Portuguese laptops to primary schools across the country on Tuesday. These laptops, which are

A NEW non-governmental association involved in international adoption, which was created in Portugal on September 9, has said its slogan is to be A child is a child in any

THE WHEREABOUTS of 11 foreign hostages who were kidnapped in a remote area of south-west Egypt on September 19 were allegedly pinpointed by Sudanese authorities on Tuesday. A Sudanese official

By: CHRIS GRAEME chris@the-resident.com DESPITE THE possibility of further nasty surprises emerging from the United States financial sector, Portugal is unlikely to be overly affected in terms of fallout exposure

MORE THAN 30 international body artists and 60 stands were at Lisbon’s fourth tattoo and rock festival held in the Pavilhão Atlântico at the Parque das Nações between September 19

By: DAISY SAMPSON daisy.sampson@the-resident.com IN HIS first interview since assuming the role of Consul in Portimão, Paul Rodwell exclusively told The Resident why he feels he is the best man

By: ELOISE WALTON eloise@the-resident.com HEAVY RAIN across the region during the early hours of Monday morning caused untreated water to be discharged into the sea from beaches along the central

FRENCH AUTHORITIES are to announce on Tuesday, September 30, if they are going to extradite Marc Lastavel, the man who allegedly killed António Figueira, owner of the Mosqueteiros supermarket group,

By: JOHN AND JEANETTE OLIVER INTERNATIONAL RIDERS from across southern Portugal attended a training day at the Alentejo’s new equestrian centre. Dutch international judge and trainer Jet Van Oers put

A FLEET of Russian warships set sail for Venezuela on Monday to take part in joint military exercises. This is believed to be a rebuff to the US and part