Algarve’s Conrad Hotel has Iberia’s best pool
The Algarve’s Conrad Hotel has Iberia’s best pool, according to travel website Trivago. Quinta do Lago’s luxury resort came in first place of the website’s top 10 “best Iberian Peninsula
Traveler praise as National Geographic magazine features Portugal on the cover
Portugal is featured on the front cover of National Geographic’s Traveler magazine for August/September, with a subtitle that reads: “Discover the old world made new again” and a beautiful picture
Tourist forgotten in Belém tower
A young tourist is not about to forget her trip to Lisbon’s historic Torre de Belém in a hurry. She ended up being locked out on the tower’s terrace on
Helicopters uninsured
A new shock for the government came this week when the accounts court (Tribunal de Contas) discovered that the country’s fleet of firefighting Kamov helicopters have been uninsured since 2011.
Monarch aircraft makes emergency landing at Faro Airport
A Madeira-bound Monarch flight out of Birmingham was forced to make an emergency landing at Faro Airport late yesterday afternoon due to problems with the plane’s hydraulics system. Around 320
TAP appeals to 40.000 passengers: “reschedule your flights!”
In a bid to avoid a “day of chaos”, TAP’s management has sent out a ‘change your flight plans’ appeal to the 40,000 passengers likely to be affected by the
BES’ €3 billion hole: “the largest loss of any bank in Portugal”
As the trouble-beset Grupo Espírito Santo faces another decisive week, the Portuguese government is reported to be “very worried”. Losses have without doubt exceeded the group’s capital cushion (€2.1 billion),
Hard road for Portimonense
Portimonense’s first competitive match of the 2014/15 playing period ended in a 4-1 opening League Cup group phase defeat at Viseu. The hosts dominated proceedings throughout the encounter and were
BES: €15 million funding of Portugal’s major political parties now under scrutiny
As Portugal’s news media carries daily ‘exclusives’ on the ongoing meltdown at the Espírito Santo banking empire, it is now very clear why politicians of all persuasions are keeping surprisingly
“Power still swings Justice in Portugal”
Powerful people are still able to manipulate the justice system in Portugal. This is the view of securities regulator Carlos Tavares who gave evidence to the parliamentary commission investigating the