Portugal

PORTUGAL IS not in a fit state to support long-promised public investment construction projects according to PSD opposition leader Manuela Ferreira Leite. However, both the Prime Minister José Sócrates and

BY: CECÍLIA PIRES cecilia@the-resident.com ROBERT MURAT received today (July 17) a public apology in a session at the High Court of London. The 34-year-old expat who was the first arguido

PORTUGAL IS one of the few European member states that has begun to implement recommendations by the European Commission to provide a free hotline dedicated to missing children and a

THE LOURES social housing projects of Quinta da Fonte exploded into violence over the weekend with armed confrontations between groups of gypsies and Portuguese Africans. Nine people were wounded and

SEVERAL PANELS of antique tiles, which were stolen from public and private buildings in Lisbon between 2002 and 2007, have been recovered by the Polícia Judiciária (PJ). These items, which

THE GOVERNOR of the Bank of Portugal (BdP), Vítor Constâncio, has announced that the first phase of investigations into malpractices at Portuguese bank BPC should be completed by the end

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

AN AGREEMENT between Portugal and the UK allowing British citizens access to state emergency medical care upon production of their passport will finish on September 1. There is now a

By: CHRIS GRAEME chris@the-resident.com PORTUGUESE ANIMAL activists demonstrated virtually nude in front of the British Embassy last Friday against the Royal Guard’s use of bear fur in ceremonial hats. The

LISBON FIRE services spent Tuesday securing two buildings completely gutted by fire on Sunday night. The blaze, the worst in the city’s downtown area since fire swept through the famous