Lagos boosts police patrols with new vehicles
The municipal council of Lagos has started 2026 by handing over two new patrol vehicles to the local police forces, aimed at strengthening day-to-day policing across the municipality. Hugo Pereira,
Portuguese businesses voice concern over Venezuela instability
Although the exposure of Portuguese companies to the situation in Venezuela is “slight”, in the past Venezuela had been a good market for Portuguese companies and those companies set up
Platform against ‘mega-solar centres’ across Beira Baixa calls protest in Lisbon for January 31
The Portuguese Platform for the Defence of the Tejo Internacional Natural Park (PDPNTI) will deliver a public petition to parliament against mega solar power plants planned for the Beira Baixa
Dozens of shots fired at family home in Silves
Dozens of gunshots were fired at a house in Enxerim, Silves late on Saturday night (January 3) while a family, including two children, was inside. According to SIC, two hooded
Gouveia e Melo hits back at PM branding him ‘populist candidate’
CHEGA’s André Ventura believes PM ‘running scared’ The two ‘populist’ candidates for the Presidency of the Republic to whom the prime minister alluded yesterday have both hit back at his
Monchique sets €26 million budget for 2026
Monchique has approved a €26 million budget for 2026, with education, forest protection and economic development topping the municipality’s list of priorities. The budget, approved by a majority vote in
Where were you when I needed you…
“A cry from the heart” … Many of us have heard it only too often. The Association for Protection of Animals Algarve (APAA) has been going for some three-decades. In
Algarve Film Week returns to Loulé
The Algarve Film Week is returning to the municipality of Loulé between January 17 and 24, bringing a full programme of national and international film screenings, workshops, talks and other
38 people ‘lose lives on Portugal’s roads’ over Christmas/ New Year police campaigns
Thirty-eight people died in road accidents between December 18, 2025, and January 4, 2026, according to the final tally of the Christmas and New Year operations carried out by GNR
Former Venezuelan ambassador explains possible power play behind Trump’s tactics
A former Venezuelan politician and ambassador has given Portugal’s state news agency Lusa the benefit of his take on the United States’ ‘large scale attack’ over the weekend, explaining that