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A RESIDENT EXCLUSIVE By DAISY SAMPSON daisy.sampson@the-resident.com BRITISH CONSUL Celia Edwards leaves her post today (Monday) after just one year to return to the UK because of family reasons and

A RESIDENT EXCLUSIVE BRITISH CONSUL Celia Edwards is to leave her post after just one year to return to the UK to pursue her legal career. Her resignation is effective

By: DAISY SAMPSON daisy.sampson@the-resident.com AN AREA of the Algarve protected by environmental laws has been destroyed by developers according to environmental groups who are now leading court action and calls

PRIME MINISTER José Sócrates has revealed that he was studying the possibility of imposing what he described as a “Robin Hood tax” in response to criticisms regarding increased fuel prices

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 DIRECTOR of the British Council in Coimbra has retired after 30 years of service. Dr.Carolyn Cemlyn-Jones was awarded an MBE in 1994 for her outstanding services to the British

THE PRESIDENT of the Ukraine, Victor Yushchenko, presided over the inauguration on Monday of an avenue in Lisbon, named after his country, during an official two-day visit to Portugal. The

By: CHRIS GRAEME chris@the-resident.com THIS YEAR’S garden party thrown by the British Ambassador to mark the Queen’s Birthday was hotter than usual and not just because of the Portuguese sun!

A PORTUGUESE bank in serious danger of insolvency needs to raise hundreds of millions of euros to stay afloat. The Bank of Portugal (BdP) has demanded that the troubled Banco

AMERICAN LIFE coach Bob Proctor was in Lisbon last week. The guru of positive thinking imparted some of his tips on how to be happy, healthy and wealthy to an