Portuguese Minister sets off around the world to market the sea
Assunção Cristas, the Minister of Agriculture and Sea, has set off on an investment hunt around the world to attract foreign investment for fish farms and gas and oil exploration.
Albufeira leads with the most "gold" beachs
Albufeira is the council with the most “gold” beaches for their “excellent” water quality. The distinction is awarded every year by environmental association Quercus to beaches with a water quality
Panic as easyJet flight aborts take-off out of Lisbon
A sudden lurch and screeching of brakes plunged 156 passengers into moments of panic on the early morning easyJet flight out of Lisbon to London on Monday. The technical fault
Former Farense man set for Olhanense?
Jorge Costa, who had been linked with a return to the club he took to promotion in 2009, has decided to stay with P. Ferreira for another season. The latest
Peugeot-Citroën announces it will cut 280 jobs from Mangualde plant
PSA Peugeot-Citroën has announced that it will be shedding 280 workers from its plant in Mangualde. According to the group, the workers will be made redundant at the end of
Doctors threaten strike action over new “memorandum of demands”
Portugal’s Ordem dos Médicos (OM) doctors association is rolling up its sleeves for a head-on fight with the health ministry. At issue are a number of ‘demands’ set out in
McCanns suffer setback in million euro libel suit against Maddie cop
As Praia da Luz is once more dragged into the media spotlight, Kate and Gerry McCann have suffered a legal setback in their long running campaign to sue the former
Portuguese “spiderman” falls to his death in Madrid
A Portuguese thief known to police as “spiderman” due to his modus operandi of scaling high buildings has fallen to his death from an apartment block in Madrid. The 39-year-old’s
Olhão gets tough on slack horse owners
After a number of accidents involving loose horses on Portugal’s roads, one borough council is getting tough. Olhão is bringing in new rules to crack down on slack horse owners
Three Algarvean Hotels awarded "The Green Key"
Three Algarvean hotels – Vila Galé Albacora (Tavira), Hilton Vilamoura As Cascatas Golf Resort & Spa (Vilamoura) and Conrad Algarve (Quinta do Lago) – have been awarded ‘The Green Key’