Replanting of Leiria’s iconic pine forest will take five years
Replanting of Leiria’s ancient pine forest – “brutally devastated” by wildfires last summer – will start in July, says a statement from the Ministry of Agriculture, and take up to
Parque da Floresta resort “on sale for €9.8 million”
The Algarve may be Europe’s premier golfing destination, but that doesn’t mean the stardust settles on every resort: Vila do Bispo’s Parque da Floresta (renamed Santo António Golf during a
21-year-old ‘graffiti artist’ in fatal fall at busy Lisbon tube station
Another young graffiti artist has died apparently intent on a new painting spree at Lisbon’s Sete Rios metro station. Marco António Boto was with a friend when he slipped and
Algarve voted Europe’s “Best Golf Destination” for second year running
Following its brilliant success at the World Golf Awards in November (click here), the Algarve has once again clinched a title for its wealth and quality of rolling green golf
Monchique rattled by 3.3 magnitude quake, just days after Évora’s ‘big one’
Just days after the largest onland quake in the last 20 years rattled neighbourhoods for a 300 km radius emanating from rug-making town Arraiolos (click here), Monchique has experienced a
Euro Weekly 19th January 2018
Early in the week, the media made much of the fact that sterling was at its highest level against the US dollar since the EU referendum in June 2016. However,
Award-winning chef takes the helm at Carvoeiro’s Michelin-starred Bon Bon
Louis Anjos, named Chef of the Year in a national competition in 2012, is taking over the kitchen at Carvoeiro’s Michelin-starred Bon Bon restaurant. Anjos, who is currently chef at
Angolan general vows to sue Portuguese State
At a moment when Portuguese relations with Angola are already tense, a new controversy has burst onto the scene: General Bento “Kangamba” – formerly suspected in Brazil of trafficking women
DNA of Portuguese nobleman may prove that Christopher Columbus was Portuguese
It’s one of the many theories that have been bandied about for years, but now it is on course to being proved – either way. Researchers have opened the tomb
Portuguese surfer conquers 35-metre “wave of all waves” in Nazaré
It came two days ago in an awesome swell which appears on screen to have swallowed up Azorean surfer Hugo Vau, but he made it – and is now being