Portugal

CROATIAN PLAYER, Goran Ivanisevic will be replacing 11 times Grand Slam winner Bjorn Borg, who has pulled out of the Grand Champions tennis championship, which is due to start on

THE PORTUGUESE Directorate-General of Taxes has issued an order to its offices to increase the pressure on people owing outstanding payments. The orders were sent out on Monday last week

TWO DISABLED athletes are on a journey from the north of Portugal to Faro in wheelchairs to highlight discrimination against disabled people. José Lima, 53, a paraplegic since 1997 as

THREE OF Portugal’s largest fuel providers have dropped the price of petrol and diesel at the pumps. Petrol retailers BP, Galp and Repsol reduced their prices at midnight on Tuesday/Wednesday

By: DAISY SAMPSON daisy.sampson@the-resident.com AN ASSOCIATION has been formed to promote Praia da Rocha in an attempt to create a clean and safe resort accessible to everyone throughout the year.

MILITARY BARRACKS dating from the 18th century at Cascais’ historic fort and citadel are to be converted into a pousada-style hotel and luxury tourist apartments. The Câmara, which has thrown

A TECHNICAL ADVISOR warned the Portuguese financial regulation watchdog CMVM that BCP was manipulating the market as far back as 2002. The technician at the Comissão de Mercado de Valores

A UN report has revealed that around 34,000 adults and children over the age of 15 were infected with the HIV virus in Portugal in 2007. This report, which was

CASCAIS HIGHWAY (A5) will have restricted access throughout August due to repair works. The works will be carried out between the Monsanto and the Linda-a-Velha exits, a stretch of around

THE FIRST crematorium in the central region of Portugal was inaugurated on Saturday in Figueira da Foz. According to Lídio Lopes, a spokesman for Figueira da Foz Câmara, the services