Your daily news portal

Top Stories

Previous Pause Next
Government to foot bill to stop people smoking

In an effort to reduce the number of smokers in Portugal, the Ministry of Health has confirmed it plans to start paying for prescription drugs to help people kick the habit. But there's a catch.

Smokers will have to pay for the drugs

Read more
India snubs Portugal in extradition pledge, sending billionaire gangster to jail for life

Abu Salem, described by Wikipedia as a “billionaire gangster” who owned as many as 12 passports and killed hundreds of people in a Mumbai bomb blast, was extradited by Portugal to India after years of legal too-ing and fro-ing on the

Read more
Angola uses its “seven wonders” to pitch for 4.6 million holidaymakers

It may be considered one of the world’s most corrupt countries (Transparency International); one of the least developed “on the planet (United Nations) and one where life expectancy and infant mortality “continue to be among the worst of the

Read more
EC delivers new employment blow for Portugal

Already being closely monitored for its “excessive macroeconomic imbalances”, Portugal has been dealt another hefty side-swipe by EC technocrats.

The report, which earlier this week revealed the country is on high-debt alert, also warns

Read more
UPDATE: Hackers strike back and demand release of arrested

A day after seven people were arrested for alleged connections to hacker group ‘Anonymous Portugal’, another hacker group known as ‘Sudoh4k3rs’ has demanded their immediate release by launching a cyber attack on a webpage of the University of

Read more
Arctic thaw could benefit Portugal in short-term, says leading academic

She is a lecturer with the ISCSP, Portugal’s higher institute for social and political sciences, and she presents this theory in the book to be presented in Lisbon today, entitled “In Case of War”.

In the chapter entitled “The Arctic in

Read more
Doctor accused of slapping cancer child

An anaesthetist at Lisbon’s Oncology Institute (IPO) is accused of having slapped a five-year-old cancer patient.

Correio da Manhã newspaper reports the incident happened yesterday (February 25) between 11am-midday as the boy was getting

Read more
Teenage thieves who “led police to their deaths on high-speed rail track” released by court

Two teenage thieves who led police officers to their deaths on a high-speed rail link between Sacavém and Bobadela this week have been released from court pending further inquiries.

Ivandro Borges, 17, and Sacko Cilá, 19, are understood

Read more
Weekend weather: We're fine in the south, but not so elsewhere...

The Algarve is set to enjoy warm, sunny weather this weekend while northern areas are headed for two straight days of rain, according to the latest forecasts from the Portuguese Sea and Atmosphere Institute (IPMA).

Meteorologists predict

Read more

News from Portugal

Azores a "bucket list" must, says Huffington Post
Azores a "bucket list" must, says Huffington Post

It was recently considered the “world’s most sustainable destination” by Green Destinations, and it has now been named a place that “needs to be on your bucket list” by the Canadian edition of online newspaper The...

Read more

Most popular news in the last 7 days

Police arrest seven in connection with hacker group ‘Anonymous Portugal’
Police arrest seven in connection with hacker group ‘Anonymous Portugal’
Portugal

Seven people suspected of being part of hacker group ‘Anonymous Portugal’ were arrested by PJ pol

Jamie Oliver creates humungous ‘Bacalhau à Brás’ furore
Jamie Oliver creates humungous ‘Bacalhau à Brás’ furore
Food

British celebrity chef Jamie Oliver caused a wave of controversy last week after he revealed his

Fire causes moments of panic near the Resident offices in Lagoa
Algarve

It seemed worse than it actually was but a small fire that broke out today (February 25) behind t

Pastéis de nata would win ‘custard tart battle'
Pastéis de nata would win ‘custard tart battle'
Food

An article published online by The Guardian newspaper has named the Portuguese ‘pastel de nata’ t

Azores a "bucket list" must, says Huffington Post
Azores a "bucket list" must, says Huffington Post
Portugal

It was recently considered the “world’s most sustainable destination” by Green Destinations, and

Weekend weather: We're fine in the south, but not so elsewhere...
Weekend weather: We're fine in the south, but not so elsewhere...
Top Stories

The Algarve is set to enjoy warm, sunny weather this weekend while northern areas are headed for

Latest in Portugal Resident

Race legend Ayrton Senna’s Algarve villa goes on sale for €9.5 million
Race legend Ayrton Senna’s Algarve villa goes on sale for €9.5 million
Algarve

He bought it in 1991 for the equivalent of €500,000 and now the luxury villa of former Formula...

Government to foot bill to stop people smoking
Government to foot bill to stop people smoking
Top Stories

In an effort to reduce the number of smokers in Portugal, the Ministry of Health has confirmed...

India snubs Portugal in extradition pledge, sending billionaire gangster to jail for life
India snubs Portugal in extradition pledge, sending billionaire gangster to jail for life
Top Stories

Abu Salem, described by Wikipedia as a “billionaire gangster” who owned as many as 12 passports...

Angola uses its “seven wonders” to pitch for 4.6 million holidaymakers
Angola uses its “seven wonders” to pitch for 4.6 million holidaymakers
Top Stories

It may be considered one of the world’s most corrupt countries (Transparency International); one...

Azores a "bucket list" must, says Huffington Post
Azores a "bucket list" must, says Huffington Post
Portugal

It was recently considered the “world’s most sustainable destination” by Green Destinations, and...

EC delivers new employment blow for Portugal
EC delivers new employment blow for Portugal
Top Stories

Already being closely monitored for its “excessive macroeconomic imbalances”, Portugal has been...

Algarve
Race legend Ayrton Senna’s Algarve villa goes on sale for €9.5 million
Race legend Ayrton Senna’s Algarve villa goes on sale for €9.5 million

He bought it in 1991 for the equivalent of €500,000 and now the luxury villa of former Formula One legend Ayrton...
Food
Prawn and monkfish pasta stew
Prawn and monkfish pasta stew

My favourite comfort food for this cold weather is a warm bowl of stew.

A seafood pasta stew is a quick and...
Premieres (trailers)
Big Eyes
Big Eyes

February 26, 2015

Directed by: Tim Burton; Starring: Amy Adams, Christoph Waltz, Krysten Ritter; Genre:...
Community
Wandering light exhibition at Galeria Municipal de São Brás

This is the name of a new solo exhibition opening in Galeria Municipal de São Brás on Tuesday, March 3, and running...
Health
Keeping things under control
Keeping things under control

The human body is a very complicated mechanism that needs to work the best way possible so that the person lives...
Sport
WIN WIN WIN! CALLING ALL GOLFERS!
WIN WIN WIN! CALLING ALL GOLFERS!

The Resident is offering its readers the chance to win a dozen Srixon AD333 Golf Balls, courtesy of Florida Golf...
Companies
Supermarket group Jerónimo Martins invites university graduates to a ‘Graduate Career Open Day’
Supermarket group Jerónimo Martins invites university graduates to a ‘Graduate Career Open Day’

Supermarket group Jerónimo Martins, owner of the Pingo Doce chain, is inviting university graduates to take part in...
Motoring
BMW - Slip slidin’ away

You know those days when you go to Switzerland to drive some of the best cars in the world around twisty snow-...
Wine
Anybody ever heard of the Samarrinho grape?
Anybody ever heard of the Samarrinho grape?

For such a small country, the huge variety of grape varieties grown here and the remarkable number of wine producers...