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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

THE YEAR 1755 was a very bad year for Lisbon – an earthquake, tsunami and fire destroyed the city. Between 60,000 and 90,000 people died, 85 per cent of the

DESPITE NATIONAL and Europe-wide awareness campaigns, drowning is still the second main cause of injury and death among children in Europe, with more drowning while on holiday abroad than in

By: CHRIS GRAEME chris@the-resident.com THE LISBON neighbourhood of Marvila has won the 65th St. Anthony’s Day street parade, Marchas Populares. Marvila won the Best Parade in the Avenida category, sharing

By: CHRIS GRAEME chris@the-resident.com THE PRESIDENT of the Republic, Cavaco Silva, caused a storm of controversy on Portugal Day last week when he referred to it being a ‘Race Day.’