EU-Russia Summit was ‘constructive’, says PM
By: CHRIS GRAEME chris@portugalresident.com RUSSIAN PRESIDENT Vladimir Putin said he and his government were committed to democracy and human rights during last Friday’s EU-Russia summit in Mafra. Addressing journalists in
Oceânico Group presents two new resorts at fair
By: CHRIS GRAEME chris@portugalresident.com THE OCEÂNICO Group unveiled ambitious plans for two new tourism resorts in Óbidos, north of Lisbon, and Vilamoura in the Algarve at this year’s Salão Imobiliário
Historic EU Treaty deal finally clinched in Lisbon
By: CHRIS GRAEME chris@portugalresident.com LISBON IS to be the stage of the most important and historic European treaty since the forming of the European Union in 1957. After over seven
BLiP – seven years of success
HERE ARE more photographs of the company stands and visitors who came to this year’s BLiP exhibition. Around 8,000 visitors attended the fair which celebrated its seventh year offering a
BLiP 2007 - another resounding success
NEARLY 8,000 people attended the Better Living in Portugal (BLIP) exhibition, an AFPOP event, at Portimão’s ExpoArade at the weekend. A large array of products and services aimed at enhancing
Lisbon’s Roman galleries
VISITORS HAD a rare opportunity to see the Roman galleries in Lisbon at the end of last month. The monument has only been open once a year since the 80s
National monument abandoned
By: ELOISE WALTON eloise@portugalresident.com MONCHIQUE’S DECAYING 16th century Franciscan Convent has been abandoned by the council and left to be squatted in by a local man. The Resident received a
President wants Casa Pia case to be cleared up
By: CHRIS GRAEME chris@portugalresident.com PORTUGUESE PRESIDENT Cavaco Silva has called on investigations into the Casa Pia children’s home scandal to be ‘pursued to the end’. Speaking during a visit to
New Tourism in Portugal and the Silver Coast
By: CHRIS GRAEME chris@portugalresident.com IN THE 1970s and 1980s, tourism in Portugal was cheap, cheerful and aimed at the masses – the package tour crowd. And for a while, packing
Welcome aboard!
By: INÊS LOPES ines@portugalresident.com Where better to hold a business networking event than on board a luxury yacht, sipping white wine and admiring the stunning Algarve coast from offshore? Eight