Parliament grants city status to Almancil and town status to Boliqueime
Algarve “can celebrate addition of a new city and town,” says PS MP Portugal’s Parliament has unanimously approved the elevation of Almancil to city status and Boliqueime to ‘vila’ (town)
(More) crunch talks ahead as budget deadline looms
Government rejects PS counter-proposal of AD’s own counter-proposal More ‘crunch talks’ are ahead as the country enters a(nother) decisive week regarding the 2025 state budget (which the president has insisted
One of prisoners who escaped last month from high-security jail “arrested in Morocco”
Fábio Loureiro was serving 25 years for crimes committed in Algarve One of the five prisoners who escaped in broad daylight last month from Alcoentre’s high security Vale de Judeus
New Attorney General starts with a blast
“Demands” conclusion of EDP excessive rents case in 20 days Portugal’s new Attorney General has blasted onto the scene: on the very day his predecessor’s six-year mandate expired (and days
Council of Ministers approves “green” package of measures for users of public transport
Measures include €20 monthly rail pass for (almost) all rail journeys; free travel for under 23s With so much focus on the state budget (and what PS Socialists will ‘allow’),
Public excluded from pomp and ceremony commemorating “Implantation of Republic”
For second year running, only ‘authorised people’ allowed access; police barriers in force There is something odd about commemorations for the Implantation of a Republic (a place where power is
Slowly, slowly country inches towards 2025 State Budget
PS Socialists “genuinely don’t want elections, but…” Sometimes, photographs say much more than the words around them. And this is the case of last night’s image (see above) taken of
2nd plane carrying Portugueses nationals and families arrives from war-torn Lebanon
A second plane evacuating Portuguese nationals and their families from war-torn Lebanon arrived at Figo Maduro airport in Lisbon last night. The Air Force C130 aircraft repatriated a group of
International Animal Day sees Algarve’s trailblazing shelter released from years of uncertainty
Demolition order hung over ARA since it began rescuing animals five years ago Friday’s International Animal Day had special significance for Loulé’s trailblazing animal shelter ARA (standing for Animal Rescue
PAN to launch petition calling for referendum on bullfighting
PAN slams parliament for rejecting its bullfighting proposals Political party PAN (People, Animals, Nature) has announced plans to launch a public petition calling for a referendum on the abolishment of