Lagos to honour African slaves with memorial
More bones may exist, but no further excavations are planned The Algarve town of Lagos is preparing to unveil a slavery memorial next year to honour the 158 African slaves
Netherlands and Portugal sign declaration to boost cooperation
Portugal’s president, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, on Wednesday highlighted the “joint declaration on strengthening strategic and European cooperation” signed by the Dutch and Portuguese governments during his state visit to
Project seeks to boost Portugal’s presence on Olive Tree Route
A project led by Portugal’s Polytechnic of Leiria aims to boost Portugal’s presence in the Council of Europe’s Olive Tree Route. Francisco Dias, national leader of the “Olive4All” initiative, says
Government creates working group to define strategic state companies
Portugal’s government has set up a working group to define strategic companies in the state business sector and propose how to dispose of non-strategic companies. The working group will “survey
Fly the flag! “TAP cannot be sold to foreigners”
Émigré business leaders team up to ‘save’ national airline for Portugal and the Portuguese At very much the 11th hour, Portuguese-born international business leaders have hatched a plan to keep
Women-only ride hailing company pulls out of Portugal
Pinker will not accept “impositions” on its business model Pinker, a ride-hailing platform exclusively for women, is no longer expected to start operating in Portugal as the founder refuses “impositions”
Minister promises major overhaul of INEM emergency institute
Big changes are in the pipeline for INEM Portugal’s health minister said on Wednesday that the re-founding of the country’s trouble-torn INEM emergency institute will involve making it a special
Co-hosting of World Cup to cost “much less” than Euro 2004
Only three stadiums will be used, which are already built and only need minor upgrades Portugal’s share of hosting the 2030 World Cup with Spain and Morocco will cost far
Third fugitive from September jail break recaptured in Italy
Three down, two to go Portugal’s PJ police have announced the arrest of a third fugitive following September’s mass jail break. Operação RETORNO III O evadido do Estabelecimento Prisional de
Charity golf tournament raises funds for disadvantaged children in Loulé
Last weekend, 44 golfers participated in “The Grand Cup” by Wyndham Grand Algarve to help support the “Casa da Primeira Infância” Association. The Wyndham Grand Algarve held the second edition