Portugal

A RARE 18th century Portuguese naval compass has fetched 30,000 euros at an auction by Christie’s in London. The piece of mechanical craftsmanship went to an anonymous bidder for 30,544

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

By: DAISY SAMPSON daisy.sampson@the-resident.com SHOTS WERE fired during a supermarket raid by three hooded youths on Saturday evening in Almancil. Eyewitness Adrian Hook told The Resident that he arrived at

THE PORTUGUESE tax man is to get nearly 760 million euros in extraordinary receipts from the monopoly electricity supplier EDP this year. In total, the government will bag 0.5 per

SCORES OF Lisbon freguesias, parish councils, are up in arms against the Câmara after receiving fines ranging from 6,000 to 12,000 euros for noise pollution. The fines are more specifically

THE WORLD financial crisis and the credit crunch is pushing up the cost of borrowing for individuals as well as business in Portugal, the Governor of the Bank of Portugal

A small boatbuilding company from Cobh Harbour in Cork, Ireland, has secured a 960,000 euro contract to build a new pilot launch for the port in Sines. Ron Goddard, the

By: CHRIS GRAEME chris@the-resident.com Good Governance, progress and maintaining the social contract are the government’s priorities for the Portuguese economy, said the Minister of Finance at the American Club last

By: ELOISE WALTON eloise@the-resident.com ROSEMARY CONLEY CBE, one of UK’s most renowned diet and fitness experts, has spoken to The Resident of her love for the Algarve, her latest projects

By: CHRIS GRAEME chris@the-resident.com TUCKED AWAY around an inner courtyard near Lisbon’s Hotel Metropole is a group of buildings that is the headquarters of the HIV/Aids charity Abraço. From this