More jobless
Portugal’s unemployment rate continues to rise. In February alone, according to the Institute of Employment and Professional Training, 3,090 people lost their jobs – an average of 100 people a
United front on terror
Portuguese Prime Minister Durão Barroso and British Prime Minister Tony Blair declared themselves “united in adversity” during their recent encounter. At the end of the meeting, held at Barroso’s official
Blair visits Barroso
BRITISH Prime Minister Tony Blair was due to visit Portugal this week for a meeting with his opposite number, Durão Barroso, and President Jorge Sampaio. Top of the agenda is
Keeping Portugal safe
Border clampdown during events. Officers from the Maritime Police have detained an Algerian man for illegally entering into Portugal. The individual had disembarked from a fishing vessel in Praia da
Hidden epidemic
As Portugal marked National Alcoholics Anonymous day recently, experts hoped that the event would focus attention on a growing national alcohol problem. It is estimated that there are 700,000 chronic
US hunts in Portugal
Officers from the Portuguese Secret Services (SIS) are investigating a possible terrorist cell that they believe could have infiltrated the country following the Madrid bomb attacks. SIS agents are believed
Drivers blame each other
An incredible 90 per cent of Portuguese drivers think other drivers exceed speed limits and 91 per cent blame other motorists for bad driving, according to sociologist Paquete de Oliveira.
Unions claim holidays
Angry union leaders are insisting that Portuguese workers should be entitled to 25 days holiday this year. Their assertion comes in the face of different interpretations of the government’s new
Taiwan denies baby eating
The official Taiwanese representative in Portugal has angrily denied allegations made in an anti-abortion pamphlet regarding culinary practices in his country. The anti-abortion group, SOS Vida, had distributed leaflets in
Taxis get the knowledge
Lisbon taxi drivers are to receive training in public relations, tourist knowledge and English. The scheme, organised by Lisbon’s Câmara, aims to equip the capital’s cabbies with a wider knowledge