PSD power battle sees final debate on Thursday
The acrimonious battle for leadership of the PSD – the government’s principal adversary in opposition – gets its “final debate” on radio stations Antena 1 and TSF on Thursday morning
Portugal house prices to rise 6% a year
Property prices in Portugal are expected to grow at an average annual rate of 6% in the next five years. The trend is apparently ‘here to stay’ and is largely
Angola’s president ‘lays down law’: Portugal “not particularly alarmed”
Angolan president João Lourenço is ‘laying down the law’: his country is not prepared to cooperate with Portugal until the case against former president Manuel Vicente has been concluded to
“Killer mom” on run with eight year old son
A 30-year-old mother facing 16 years behind bars appears to have skipped the country, taking her eight-year-old son with her. The story is yet another example of how the Portuguese
Silves Bombeiros receive €1,000 donation from local business
António Nunes, the newly-appointed commandant of Silves Bombeiros, was delighted to receive a €1,000 donation from Fiona Morton of Fi-Line Fashions based in Armação de Pêra. Before Christmas, Fiona organised
End of line for Algarve’s anti-oil mayor?
It has been a long hard fight to stay at the head of his rural council, but this week Aljezur’s vehemently anti-oil mayor José Amarelinho got more bad news. According
British Consulate holds surgeries in Silves and Monchique
Later in January, staff from the British Vice Consulate in Portimão will be holding surgeries in Silves and Monchique to provide information and guidance on registering as a resident with
Venezuela’s pork knuckle war: now it is time for Portuguese ‘diplomacy’
Portugal’s minister for foreign affairs is in Venezuela this week, trying to forge some form of middle ground in the bizarre “pork knuckle war” that saw the president of the
Oil drilling future: ASMAA rolls out “what is planned for 2018”
Campaigning group ASMAA (standing for Algarve Surf and Maritime Activities Association) has wasted no time welcoming in 2018, with the chilling bottom-line: right now the country and its people remain
Algarve and Madeira on CNN’s list of “best beaches”
Praia da Marinha in the Algarve and the Porto Moniz lava pools in Madeira have made CNN’s list of the world’s “best beaches”. The American news giant published an interactive