Two thirds of Portuguese distrust Portuguese courts and their judges
It’s the result of a recent Aximage poll performed for Diário de Notícias, Jornal de Notícias and TSF Radio and shows just how poorly national citizens rate their system of
Odemira mayor hints at people trafficking ‘rackets’ in borough
José Alberto Guerreiro, mayor of Odemira has told reporters “there exists a problem (in Odemira) that goes beyond that connected with agricultural activity but is covered by it”. His suspicions
More than 5,000 cars cross Algarve frontier from Spain in two days…
Thousands of Spaniards took advantage of the reopening of land borders to Portugal this weekend to file into the Algarve. Indeed numbers this morning were far higher than those driving
Portuguese Grand Prix: Lewis Hamilton does it again!
Lewis Hamilton has done it again at the Portuguese Grand Prix today in Portimão. Fighting back from third place behind Valterri Bottas (who came in third), the seven times world
Over 500 people converge on Lisbon beauty-spot, the majority “without masks”
PSP police were called during the night to disperse a multitude of young people gathered at the popular Lisbon viewpoint, the Miradouro de São Pedro de Alcântara. Agents were alerted
Portugal extends control of foreign arrivals till May 16: visitors from nine countries face quarantine
Portugal may be opening up internally, but when it comes to visitors from other countries restrictions are still very much in place. The ministry of interior administration (MAI) has published
500 negative tests let Braga dance to Pedro Abrunhosa…
The second of the test events for mass audiences took place last night in Braga, with an open-air concert by singer-songwriter Pedro Abrunhosa. The 400 people in the audience and
Thousands take to streets to demonstrate on International Workers Day
Thousands of people have taken to the streets of Portuguese towns and cities today to “fight for workers’ rights”. There have been events in Coimbra, Porto, Lisbon and beyond. The
Portimão mayor fails to win freedom for locked-down municipality
Portimão mayor Isilda Gomes returned essentially empty-handed yesterday from her trip to Lisbon to plead the borough’s case for reopening to prime minister António Costa. Today, the town’s business people
Algarve tourism in mourning as much-loved hotelier found dead
The Algarve tourism fraternity is in mourning today following the discovery of the body of well-known, much-loved and highly respected hotelier Dinis Pires. The family of Mr Pires, 53, reported