Portugal

A COURT case into fraudulent bullion dealing involving 29 defendants and scores of companies opened in Porto last week. The defendants are charged with defrauding the Portuguese state out of

AN EU study has revealed that between 2000 and 2005 Portuguese company director salaries rose 26.3 per cent. In 2006, a director or managing director of a PSI-20 company, one

MARRIAGE between a man and woman is non-negotiable for the Catholic Church, said a Portuguese cardinal at Fátima last week. Cardinal José Saraiva Martins, Congregational Prefect for the Vatican’s Saints’

SKATING SESSIONS and lessons are available until September 28 at the Parque da Liberdade in Lisbon. Sessions will be open to the public on weekends and bank holidays between 11am

A NEW scientific study has shown that people living in rural areas around the Lisbon Valley and Alentejo suffer the highest mortality rates in Portugal. The study, Mortality Analysis of

A new appeal has been launched by the Portuguese Red Cross asking for donations to help them continue their aid work after the natural disasters that occurred recently in China

DANCERS HANG suspended, balanced between dance, sport and poetry in a mixture of different types of philosophies. Using a broad range of impressive disciplines and clever choreography, Play by the

CAMERAS HAVE been installed on Carris buses in Lisbon as a security measure at a cost of 2.6 million euros. Some 370 camera units have already been installed and when

ESTORIL CASINO is presenting the show Four: Spirits of the elements, which explores the themes of earth, water, fire and air using a combination of acrobatics, choreographed dance and music,

SPECIALISTS FROM more than 20 countries were due to be in Lisbon to discuss the failure of anti-corruption agencies on Wednesday. This conference has been organised by Luis de Sousa