Portugal

By: EDUARDO OLIVEIRA COSTA Eduardo Oliveira Costa is a journalist and publisher of several newspapers across Portugal. He is on the board of several organisations, is president of a football

THE BLEAK economic outlook will continue into 2009, according to predictions by the Bank of Portugal. Portuguese families will continue to have to make sacrifices says the national bank, which

FOUR NEW golf courses are to be developed across Portugal by the Atlântica Group. The company has contracted Martin Erbert of Mackenzie & Erbert to design the courses, which will

ONLINE SHOPPING is rising in mainland Portugal, according to a recent study of family consumer habits which revealed a rise of 50 per cent in shopping online in 2007. The

DOMESTIC CONSUMERS will pay around 35 euros each this year in their electricity bills to finance the state’s investment in eco-friendly energies. According to consumer watchdog DECO, in a report

CAPTURED WAR crimes suspect Radovan Karadzic, the former Bosnian Serb leader, is due to appeal against his transfer to the UN war crimes court at the Hague. Radovan Karadzic, who

BETWEEN 1934 and 1965, the voice of Maria Callas dominated the lyrical stage. Known variously as ‘La Vocacia’, ‘La Divina’ and ‘The Voice of the Century’ her striking dark looks,

BEACHES AFFECTED by the accidental dumping of crude oil last week are completely clean, according to the administration of Sines Port in the Alentejo. It is reported that the dumping

A SELECTION of the best cartoons from the International World Press Cartoon Festival Sintra 2008 is on display at the Lisbon Casino until July 31. Included is the winning cartoon

PLANS for a new purpose-built museum to house Lisbon’s famous collection of early 20th, 19th and 18th century coaches have been unveiled. The new coach museum project, paid for from