Enter a new dimension
From the moment you enter Cinema City in the new Beloura Shopping Centre, near Sintra, you can tell something is different – this is fourth generation cinema at it’s best,
Portuguese bands in MTV awards
Mesa, Gomo, Da Weasel, Toranja and Clã have all been nominated for the Best Portuguese Act awards at the forthcoming MTV Europe Music Awards 2004. The award, which was scooped
Colour is back
Lisbon recently played host to what is described as one of the social highlights of the year – Moda Lisboa 2004. The ‘ready-to-wear’ showcase has been held in the capital
Green light for golf
The Minister of Tourism, Telmo Correia, has placed all his bets on golf as far as the future of Portugal as a tourism destination is concerned. At a press conference
Splash of glamour
Lisbon’s latest town centre retail and office space was launched with a fanfare of glamour last week. Amoreiras Plaza, a development by French group Nexity Portugal, is a spacious, light
Cascais gang caught
The Resident recently reported that a gang of young men had been causing havoc in the Cascais area. The armed youths were known to have threatened a woman, stolen two
Santarém security is an issue
Santarém Câmara President, Rui Barreiro, has alerted the Minister for Home Affairs, Daniel Sanches, of the need to increase security measures in the borough and create conditions for better policing.
Tunnel study positive
The long awaited study on the environmental impact of Lisbon’s Marquês de Pombal tunnel has been released. Although it recommends around 40 measures to be taken before work on the
Park of Nations thrives
Several projects are being planned and some are currently under construction at Lisbon’s Park of Nations, the former Expo’98 site. Work has started on what will be Lisbon’s biggest office
Fantasia will open in 2007
One of the main backers of the 10 million euro Fantasia Park project, due to be built on the outskirts of Cascais, Ricardo Villar, has revealed that he is confident