Portugal’s top beaches according to The Guardian’s readers
Four Algarve beaches – Praia da Rocha (Portimão), Praia de Altura (Castro Marim), Praia do Castelo and Praia da Oura (both in Albufeira) – have been included in a list
Leisure park
Commercial spaces are up for grabs at the soon-to-be-completed Parque Ribeirinho leisure park in Faro. Anyone interested can submit a tender to the local municipality. The park borders the Ria
US rapper claims Portuguese police arrested him “for being gay”
Insults || Mykki Blanco, an American rapper and LGBT icon who was arrested on May 19 at Lisbon Airport after verbal conflict with the police authorities, claims he was taken
New insight into Portugal’s Jurassic past
Bones || Palaeontologists and investigators have unearthed intriguing new data on the carnivorous dinosaurs that used to stalk Portugal. Until fossils were unearthed on a beach near Torres Vedras in
Madrid invades Lisbon
Real Madrid’s Cristiano Ronaldo celebrates his 4-1 goal during the UEFA Champions League final between Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid at Luz stadium in Lisbon, on May 24 Pepe, who
Confident Costa
Portuguese Helena Costa was officially presented as the manager of the male football team of Clermont Foot, currently in France’s Ligue 2, on Thursday (May 22). Costa, the first woman
No banks
The popular tourist town of Ferragudo is soon to be left with no banks. Banif, the only bank to still run a branch in the town, has let the local
Nationwide ‘Viagra’ drugs swoop seizes 5,000 “potentially lethal” meds
An orchestrated swoop by health authorities in Portugal has resulted in the apprehension of almost 5,000 illegal and “potentially lethal” drugs – the majority of them purporting to help erectile
Mendes Bota joins Michelle Obama in ‘Bring Back Our Girls’ campaign
Abduction || Algarve MEP Mendes Bota has joined the ‘Bring Back Our Girls’ campaign, which pleads for the release of over 270 Nigerian schoolgirls abducted last month in northeast Nigeria
American “interest” in Barclays Portugal
Bank || Two US investment funds are said to be “interested” in taking over Portugal’s condemned retail (high street) branches of the internationally-streamlining Barclays Bank. According to Diário Económico, Apollo