The Confederate army of the American south led by Robert E Lee surrendered 150 years ago to the Union Commander Ulysses S Grant on 9 April 1865 in Appomattox, Virginia.
The four-year conflict is the deadliest in American history. A recent census study concludes that an estimated 750,000 soldiers were killed, more than half through disease and starvation, along with an unknown number of civilians.
Amazon is no longer willing to provide free book delivery to Portugal and elsewhere, but its founder is getting ready to go into space.
A company owned by Jeff Bezos has completed work on a rocket engine for a suborbital spaceship.
Blue Origin officials say flight tests are to start this year.
Its “New Shepard” space craft can hold three people and fly some 100km above planet Earth.
Originally launched in 1988 by the same company that used to publish the Algarve Resident newspaper, Entdecken Sie Algarve now has been given a total facelift, the April edition now is on sale.
The magazine was reunited with the Algarve Resident in February 2014 when it became part of the Open Media group.
A new computer programme for dealing with photographs, and the extension of opening hours, have reduced the number of licences backed up in the overloaded IMT driving licence processing system.
The Economy Minister, Pires de Lima, today informed the Committee of Economy and Public Works that the Institute for Mobility and Transport (IMT) has cut 100,000 from the backlog of new and renewal driving licences.
The hopes expressed by Portugal earlier this year of an agreement on nuclear enrichment between Iran and the world’s major powers looks like coming to fruition.
Portugal’s hopes were based on its burgeoning new relationship with the Islamic Republic of Iran that began just a couple of months before last week’s breakthrough deal in Lausanne, Switzerland.
The management of 67-year-old printing company 'Litográfica do Sul' in Vila Real Santo António met print workers on Monday to inform them that the company is applying for insolvency.
If the application is accepted by the court, the judge will appoint an insolvency practitioner who will run the company and decide on its future.
Portugal had the third largest decrease in foreign aid in 2014, following Spain and Japan.
Foreign aid from Portugal to developing countries fell to €387 million in 2014 from €451 million the previous year.
Illegal immigration to Germany reached a record high level in 2014
German police said they had arrested 57,000 illegal immigrants in 2014, an increase of 75% in just one year since 2013.
