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Different Kinds of Thieves

What’s the difference between smash-and-grab raids and protection rackets? Not all that much from the legal point of view, but... In Opinion - 17 Feb 2025, 14:31

How safe and secure is Portugal – Very safe and very secure!

In Opinion - 16 Feb 2025, 12:01

Portugalidade: The Sanctity of Sanitation in Medieval Times

In Letters - 14 Feb 2025, 08:01

The Anomaly is +1.75°C

In Opinion - 10 Feb 2025, 14:01

AI Will Never Replace Us – Here is Why I Believe That

In Opinion - 29 Jan 2025, 12:31

The Celts in Portugal

In Opinion - 28 Jan 2025, 08:01

Getting the best from the postal services

In Opinion - 26 Jan 2025, 17:01

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Doing someones’ job for them

Why make work for myself? In Opinion - 26 Jan 2025, 14:31

The Middle East: Where Next?

In the eighty hours between Wednesday,15 January, when the Gaza ceasefire agreement was... In Opinion - 20 Jan 2025, 13:01

Setting up business in Southern Europe

In Opinion, Business - 17 Jan 2025, 18:01

Portugalidade: The Making and Breaking of International Alliances

In Opinion - 16 Jan 2025, 08:01

Climate Feedbacks – Not in Front of the Children

In Opinion, Environment - 15 Jan 2025, 13:01

Tax. There are no secrets when the bill lands

In Opinion - 10 Jan 2025, 13:01

Will the Norwegian Betting Market Shrink Amid New Government Rules?

In Gambling, Europe, Opinion - 10 Jan 2025, 11:56

Canada: Trudeau Bites the Dust

In Opinion - 08 Jan 2025, 13:01

Rogue Presidents

In Opinion - 06 Jan 2025, 13:31

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Porcine Manoeuvres

During the first winters I was in this country, I had to learn to adjust to the early morning screams of terror as throats were... In Portugal, Lifestyle - 16 Feb 2025, 16:01

How safe and secure is Portugal – Very safe and very secure!

Before keyboard warriors reach for their machine to disagree, just look at the facts.... In Opinion

Taylor Made Colouring Books: “Keeping Portugal in the heart of people”

For those who have ever fallen in love with Portugal’s breathtaking landscapes,... In Portugal, Lifestyle

Sharing the Spiritual Quest: Revelations of a Maverick Mystic

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Opinion Pieces

Netanyahu and the International Criminal Court

The indictment of Israel prime minister Binyamin Netanyahu and former defence minister Yoav Gallant by the International Criminal... In Opinion Pieces - 27 Nov 2024, 16:01

Climate change and money

It’s hard to imagine a less plausible venue for the annual UN-sponsored conference on... In Opinion, Opinion Pieces - 11 Nov 2024, 15:13

By the two left feet, slowly backward march!

In Opinion Pieces - 19 Mar 2024, 10:04

Portugal´s Mineral and Water Resources

In Opinion Pieces - 12 Mar 2024, 14:09

The Exploitation of Portugal´s Mineral Resources – Part 3 : An overview of Mining in Deep Waters

In Opinion Pieces - 19 Feb 2024, 11:56

The Exploitation of Portugal´s Mineral Resources - Part 2

In Opinion Pieces - 13 Feb 2024, 10:03

The Lithium Conundrum (4) : Where there´s muck, there´s brass

In Opinion Pieces - 05 Feb 2024, 10:50

The Fascists Are (Probably Not) Coming!

In Opinion Pieces - 27 Jan 2024, 09:00

Editor's Choice

Portuguese cuisine one of the most difficult to master in the world

In News, Portugal - 10 Feb 2025, 19:02

Letters

Surfing events generate revenue of €23 million

The Portuguese stage of the main circuit of the World Surfing League (WSL), held in Peniche, and the big wave event in Nazaré... In News, Portugal, Business, Sport, Tourism, Letters - 03 Nov 2024, 14:02

A tale of Dona Gertie and her Quinta do Marquês

It was in 1985 that I made the first of several visits to the Quinta da Torre de Santo... In Letters - 24 Apr 2024, 11:17

Anglo-Portuguese Linguistics

In Letters - 16 Apr 2024, 16:02

Letter to the Editor

In Letters - 15 Apr 2024, 13:31

Letter to the Editor

In Letters - 15 Dec 2023, 01:00

Letter to the Editor: Ukraine War

In Letters - 15 Nov 2023, 14:23

Reply and rebuttal to “are electric cars green?” 2/9/2023

In Letters - 26 Sep 2023, 08:48

Other Opinion Articles

Reflections Upon Goodwill Towards All

by Roberto Cavaleiro                 ... In Opinion - 05 Jan 2025, 08:01

Water, water ever rare; and not a drop to waste

by Roberto Cavaleiro                 ... In Opinion - 03 Jan 2025, 08:31

Welcome to ‘Uncharted Territory’

New Year is when we do the accounts for the year, and the bad news always gets top billing... In Opinion - 02 Jan 2025, 11:01

Europe wants you to travel by train, so what’s the problem?

All across Europe, flights are priced at a fraction of the cost of train tickets,... In Opinion - 01 Jan 2025, 10:01

Resolving the Resolutions

Every year I promise myself I'll not make any New Year's Resolutions about what virtuous... In News, Portugal, Opinion - 28 Dec 2024, 12:02

The Daily Miracle

One of the daily miracles of the media world is that there is always exactly enough news... In Opinion - 23 Dec 2024, 13:01

Ageing gracefully

In Opinion - 21 Dec 2024, 13:01

Syria: Another Miracle, Please

In Opinion - 19 Dec 2024, 13:01

Giving in to a present request

In Opinion - 18 Dec 2024, 13:01

The UK is linking water from the north to the south, why can’t we?

In Opinion - 14 Dec 2024, 08:01

Superstitious Peasants

In Opinion - 12 Dec 2024, 19:01

Mining and Society

In Opinion - 11 Dec 2024, 13:45