New BES boss to reveal results on Wednesday
Vítor Bento, the beleaguered bank’s new boss, is due to present BES accounts for the first half of this year on Wednesday (July 30). Analysts are said to be hedging
Road to Euro 2016: Portugal plays Armenia at Estádio do Algarve
Local football fans will have a unique chance to see Cristiano Ronaldo and fellow Portuguese stars show off their skills in the Algarve later this year as the national football
EC to invest a billion euros in science in Portugal
Education and Science minister Nuno Crato has announced EC funding of science in Portugal to the tune of a billion euros until 2020. Crato explains that the government wants to
GNR “child-killer” holds out for acquittal
He has successfully challenged a nine-year jail sentence and seen his hefty €60,000 fine reduced, but child-killing GNR agent Hugo Ernano is not ready to call it quits – and
Disco-dodging tourists leap into Portugal’s Tejo River
An Italian and a Swede enjoying a night out in Lisbon ran up such a large bill at a local disco that they decided to make a run for it.
Moody’s “waiting until next government” to release Portugal from “rubbish” status
Moody’s ratings agency has made a surprise upgrade on Portugal’s sovereign rating – bringing it one step from exiting its long-held “rubbish” status. The move suggests fears that the ongoing
Prison guards in Portugal fined for taking part in anti-government protest
Three prison guards caught up in the angry police protest that stormed the steps of parliament back in March have each been ordered to pay 200 euros to a charitable
Two new bug species discovered in Portugal
It may not sound much, but two new species of ants have been identified for the first time in Portugal in the Lower Alentejo. The discovery that could so easily
Portugal emigration figures up 53,000
It’s bleak reading. Of the 128.000 Portuguese who left their home country in search of a better life and conditions last year, more than half were under 30 – and
Free Movies at ‘As Noites de Cinema’
Some of this year’s biggest movie blockbusters such as Captain America: The Winter Soldier and Noah will be coming to Castro Marim and Altura this August as part of an