Leixões celebrates record number of cruise ships
Leixões ports authority has announced today that in the first half of the year, the port, just outside Porto, received the highest ever number of cruises and passengers – an
Egyptair starts direct Lisbon-Cairo flights
Egyptair has started a direct flight between Lisbon and Cairo twice a week, ANA – Aeroportos de Portugal announced today, suggesting the new route will be ‘important’ “as it provides
Algarve football round-up: Warm-ups
Farense have quickly replaced record Red Star Belgrade transfer Bruno Duarte with much-travelled Portuguese forward Tomané who most recently enjoyed successful spells with Samsunspor in Turkey and Cypriot side APOEL
Douro wine growers fear “social catastrophe”
Douro winegrowers are warning of a possible ‘social catastrophe’ due to cuts in income and the benefit of Port wine, along with the impossibility of disposing of grapes. Avadouriense (the
Cristiano Ronaldo buys 30% of Vista Alegre’s Spanish subsidiary
On July 12, Portugal’s footballing ‘superstar’ Cristiano Ronaldo acquired a 30% stake in Vista Alegre’s Spanish subsidiary, having acquired a 10% stake in Vista Alegre Atlantis in June, the group
Young man stabbed to death in Carcavelos
Another young man has been stabbed to death – this time in Carcavelos, and again following an altercation with a group of youths. The 22-year-old reportedly was leaving the bar
Heightened insecurity in Lisbon and Porto see police numbers beefed
Minister responds to growing complaints by city residents Police are to be reinforced in Lisbon and Porto due to an unavoidable crescendo of complaints by city residents. Portugal’s minister for
Focus on Portugal’s mineral resources
National Energy and Climate Plan updated to show “more ambition” Public consultation opened this week on a revision of the National Energy and Climate Plan for 2030 (PNEC), setting “more
Five laboratories fined €49 million for acting in cartel during Covid pandemic
Hundreds of emails show laboratories considered boycott against bid to lower prices Portugal’s five major analysis laboratories, as well as the association that represents them, have been ordered to pay
Call to extend EU’s spending deadline for recovery funds as 39% of measures in “worrying or critical state”
Only 33% of PRR measures considered “aligned with planning” Portugal’s National Commission for Monitoring the execution and spending of Brussels’ ‘bazooka’ (Plan for Recovery and Resilience, or PRR) has flagged