Portugal

By: ELOISE WALTON eloise@the-resident.com PORTUGAL’S INTERNAL Administration Minister has said that more than 9,600 fire fighting personnel, 2,300 vehicles and 56 aircraft will be on standby  to fight fires in Portugal

FUEL PRICE increases in the first few months of the year have brought an extra 205 million euros to state coffers and made petrol companies 775 million euros richer. According

THOUSANDS OF comic book images will be on display at the fourth international comic book festival in Beja. The festival runs until May 25 ,with the bulk of the exhibition

FARO COURT has resumed its hearing of the six Romanian men who have been accused of a series of violent crimes.  The men are accused of aggravated robbery, kidnapping, coercion and

THE ANNUAL May Day union protest march through Lisbon passed off peacefully on Thursday. This year’s protest, organised by the country’s largest umbrella union, the CGTP, was aimed principally at

ROBERT MURAT’S lawyer Dr Francisco Pagarete spoke to The Resident’s Eloise Walton this morning (Saturday, May 3) outside the apartment where Madeleine was last seen 365 days ago. When asked

Lisbon Mayor António Costa has unveiled Lisbon’s Memorial to Intolerance, which commemorated the victims of the city’s Jewish Massacre in 1506. The ceremony, held last week, was attended by Lisbon

THE GOVERNMENT is to force companies to pay five per cent towards social security contributions on freelance work registered on Green Receipts. The measure announced by Social Security Minister, Vieira

By CHRIS GRAEME chris@the-resident.com PORTUGUESE PRESIDENT Cavaco Silva is concerned at the prevailing political apathy among young people today in Portugal. His worries are supported by a study into the

PRIME MINISTER José Sócrates joined hundreds of literature fans to honour Portuguese Nobel Literature Prize winner José Saramago at the opening of an exhibition dedicated to his life and work