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THE COLLAPSE of a dam in south-eastern Nepal, which caused flooding in the area has led to around 30,000 people fleeing their homes on Monday. Local police said on Wednesday

SIX OUT of nine concession licences on offer to private companies in a competitive tendering race to run Portugal’s new motorways have generated considerable interest. The government launched the open

By DAISY SAMPSON daisy.sampson@the-resident.com PALM TREES across the region are under threat from a non indigenous pest, the red palm weevil, Rhynchophorus ferrugineus.  Already this year the weevil has destroyed

THE REGIONALISATION movement, a group of citizens in Portugal who aim to see the decentralisation of the government leading to the devolvement of power to the regions, launched a new

A STREET in Moscow is to be renamed in honour of former Soviet dissident, Alexander Solzhenitsyn. The street currently named Great Communist Street (ulitsa Bolshaya Kommunisticheskaya) will become Alexander Solzenhenitsyn

By DAISY SAMPSON daisy.sampson@the-resident.com A SWIMMING pool in a development near the centre of Vilamoura has fallen into a state of disrepair, undermining efforts by campaigners to raise awareness about

By: CECÍLIA PIRES cecilia@the-resident.com FARO’S CIVIL Governor has expressed her concern that the threat of an economic recession in the UK will lead to a further fall in the number

A UK scientific report has revealed evidence that chewing gum aids recovery from bowel surgery by stimulating nerves in the digestive system. The report, published in Archives of Surgery, reviews

A BULLET-PROOF Prosegur van transporting an undisclosed sum of money was robbed using explosives near the Aljustrel service station, along the A2 motorway, during the early hours of Wednesday morning,

A NEW project has been created to encourage people to snorkel along designated routes in an effort to educate residents and tourists about the huge array of sub aquatic species