Brit, 26, fighting for life in Madeira after falling two-storeys from hotel balcony
A young British trainee firefighter is fighting for his life in Madeira after an unexplained fall from a hotel balcony. 26-year-old Oliver Hillier has had emergency surgery and is in
British holidaymakers warned Portugal’s looming strike ‘threatens huge travel disruption’
British holidaymakers are being warned of the dire consequences of Portugal’s looming truckers’ strike, days before it has even started. Just as local Portuguese started a ‘rush to the pumps’
New mystery as second floating body discovered, this time in Faro
There is further mystery in the Algarve this weekend as a second anonymous ‘floater’ has been found, without any missing person report having been filed. The ‘new’ body was discovered
Body discovered with ‘axe lodged in head’: authorities “suspect aggression”
The body of a man with an axe lodged in his head has been found in a private house in Pereira, a parish in the borough of Barcelos. Authorities “suspect
Revive programme bags over million euros in rent from ‘rundown monuments’
The Revive Programme – designed to recover rundown monuments while keeping them in State ownership – has bagged over a million euros in rental income from just 17 sites. With
And Portugal’s most dangerous road is…
Portugal ‘most dangerous road’ is not the EN125 – despite what Algarvians may think. There are far more scary thoroughfares, most of them in the Lisbon area – the absolute
Massive fire rages in central Portugal: various injuries, one serious
UPDATES ON THIS FIRE CAN BE FOUND HERE: A massive fire stretching 25 km has been raging through the night between the central Portuguese boroughs of Vila de Rei and
Seven planes battle wildfire near Vale da Telha, Aljezur
Seven planes are battling a wildfire that broke out at 3.30 this afternoon in an area close to the Vale da Telha development, outside Aljezur. With a change in the
European Defence Agency choses Portugal for ‘multinational helicopter training centre’
The European Defence Agency has chosen Portugal to host the future Multinational Helicopter Training Centre (MHTC). At a press conference in Lisbon yesterday (Tuesday), the agency’s chief executive Jorge Domeq
Election of Ursula von der Leyen: Portugal ‘rejoices’
With Ursula von der Leyen’s election by the European Parliament to the presidency of the European Commission, Portugal’s government has suggested this is a moment for ‘rejoicing’. Far from the