Thousands demonstrate in Lisbon: “Hands Off the Rural World!”
Thousands of Portuguese from all over the country converged on Lisbon on Saturday to show that lifestyles of yesteryear are alive, kicking and thoroughly fed up. These are people who
Portuguese PM says he hopes British government aware of “serious damage” it has inflicted on its citizens
Prime minister António Costa has addressed the implications of the decision by the British government to remove Portugal from its ‘green list’ for quarantine free travel, saying he hoped the
ICNF slaps embargo on rogue land-destruction in Ria Formosa natural park
The ICNF (institute for nature and forestry conservation) has embargoed a section of land-levelling works that have been undertaken by citrus company Frusoal between Cacela-Velha and Manta Rota, within the
Algarve MP accuses “irresponsible” UK of creating fear of Portugal – not just in Britain but through rest of Europe
Algarve MP Cristóvão Norte has been interviewed today by Sky News, in which he re-emphasised the belief that British authorities have bent the truth – and in doing so “sowed
“Every day there are two or three tourists barred from return flights home”: what happens to them?
Portuguese State television RTP has been discovering what happens to the handful of tourists, of whatever nationality, who end up ‘testing positive for SARS-CoV-2’ as they prepare to fly home
Albufeira mayor says British stampede back home ‘isn’t the end of Algarve’s summer’
Albufeira mayor Carlos Rolo has done his best to put the dramatic British stampede back to UK into perspective. Yes, the decision by the British government is unjustified – indeed
No deaths in Portugal, 430 cases but ‘incidence and Rt increase’
Yet again there have been no deaths in today’s Covid bulletin, but focus has shifted to a continuous count of ‘new cases’ – intimating that this is something to be
AMAL joins chorus of condemnation over British travel veto stressing dire need for continued State support
AMAL – the association of municipalities in the Algarve – has joined the chorus of condemnation following the British government’s effective travel veto issued yesterday. But more importantly, it says,
Financially-crippled berry farmer ‘refuses to give up’ three weeks into hunger strike outside presidential palace
A financially-crippled berry farmer is refusing to give up despite three weeks in which he has staged a seemingly fruitless hunger strike outside Lisbon’s Belém Palace. Luís Dias is simply
Portugal’s interior ministry ‘ponders putting undocumented migrants in jail’
In a move that is almost certain to generate controversy, MAI – the Portuguese interior ministry – is reported to be ‘pondering’ a plan to put ‘foreigners who arrive in