British magazine says TAP has “world’s most handsome crew”
British magazine Monocle has named Portuguese airline TAP as the airline “with the most handsome crew in the world”. The accolade was awarded to the airline in the magazine’s Travel
Currencies 4 You founder thanks local partners
The London team from Currencies 4 You flew into Faro airport last month for a Christmas gathering with the Almancil team and members of the local business community. The venue
Castro Marim mayor bashes decision to close mobile health unit
Castro Marim mayor Francisco Amaral has described the decision to bring down the curtain on the borough’s mobile health unit as “inexplicable and criminal”. “It will penalise the most fragile
Azores surfing girl-wonder dies, aged 20
The Azores surfing community is in shock today with the news that one of their rising female stars has died as a result of carbon monoxide poisoning. The circumstances of
New Year’s baby “fights for her life”
Born on the dot of midnight, Portugal’s first baby of 2018 is reported to be fighting for her life in a Porto maternity hospital. Letícia Silva was born 13 weeks
Public debt drops between October and November but still higher than this time last year
The good news is that public debt fell by 2.4 billion euros between October and November last year. The not-so-good news is that current totals (242.8 billion euros) are still
Ten killed on Portuguese roads during holiday season
Ten people were killed on Portuguese roads during the Christmas and New Year holiday season. According to GNR police, seven people lost their lives in road accidents during the Christmas
Algarve named ‘European sunshine champion of 2017’
The Algarve has been named ‘European sunshine champion of 2017’ alongside the Greek island of Rhodes, according to a study by German website Wetteronline.de, published in German blog Algarve für
New Year’s chaos at Algarve health services
Public health services in the Algarve were described as “chaotic” just before New Year’s Eve, with some people waiting over 20 hours to be seen by a doctor or nurse
Pernil wars: the sinister underbelly to Portugal’s business connections with Venezuela
On the face of it, the ‘pernil de porco’ (pork knuckle) saga was a bit of Christmas pantomime: trouble-beset Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro promised his countrymen container loads of State-subsidised