Bob Dylan returns to Portugal in March
Iconic singer-songwriter Bob Dylan is returning to Portugal for a concert at Lisbon’s Altice Arena (formerly known as MEO Arena and Pavilhão Atlântico) on Thursday, March 22. Tickets cost between
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It has been a better week for the pound, which has strengthened after signs that Brexit talks are progressing to the point where there may be an agreement on the
Unholy clause “paves way for fracking at Catholic sanctuary of Fátima”
A call has gone out to Catholics “across the globe”: Fátima, Portugal’s “holiest of places”, visited by hundreds of thousands every year and this year celebrating the 100 years since
Corbyn meets Costa in Lisbon, and “signals that Labour could be open to second Brexit referendum”
As the country basks in the sunshine of a long-weekend, UK Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has been busy in Lisbon, apparently taking advantage of a two-day meeting of the Council
Disgust as Aljezur teen killer puts in for appeal
Only last month he was condemned to 25 years in jail for the brutal killing of his former stepdaughter in Aljezur, but reports over social media last night suggest that
Angry farmers and ‘forestry producers’ confront Agriculture Minister over lack of fire damage compensation
It has been largely played down by the nation’s media, but farmers and forestry producers are on the warpath over what they consider to be the government’s insufficient measures to
Rates bonanza sees councils rake in €1.54 billion
With Portugal’s property market riding high, 2017 will see councils up and down the country taking in the largest rates bonanza of all time. Says the country’s leading tabloid, as
Algarve looks to set new golf round record in 2017
It looks like it will be another record-breaking year for the Algarve’s golf industry. According to the region’s tourism association (ATA), the number of golf rounds played in the Algarve
Algarve boroughs order study into climate change
A group of researchers is developing a plan for the Algarve to adapt to the consequences of climate change. The study, entitled “Intermunicipal Plan to Adapt to Climate Change”, was
“Thousands of Portuguese” still going hungry: numbers up for those who pass a whole day without food
Extraordinary though it may sound considering all the soundbites about economic recovery, Portugal is still struggling to feed its poor. Numbers of those who pass a whole day without eating