Food and drinks sector set to fight new tax on ‘unhealthy’ products
The announcement of a new tax on ‘unhealthy products’ has brought condemnation from all sides and seems to have set the cat among the pigeons in the government. Finance minister
Algarve MP sets sights on Europe
Indefatigable Algarve Member of Parliament (MP) Mendes Bota is making a concerted bid for election to the European Parliament, telling voters that it could be just what the Algarve needs.
Witnesses “frightened to come forward” in GNR “child-killer” appeal
At least 85,000 people signed a petition calling for his pardon, but the appeal of GNR officer Hugo Ernano – jailed for nine years for shooting dead a young teenager
Casa Pia defendants walk free
After one of the longest and most confusing legal cases in Portugal, two defendants in the Casa Pia pedophile scandal today walked free. Lisbon’s court of appeal confirmed a previous
Rent sex
Offering sex “in lieu of rent” – a phenomenon on the rise in Portugal, according to Correio da Manhã – cannot be considered a crime. University professor Rui Pereira told
Judge (finally) agrees: “Ellie to go home”
A Faro judge has finally pronounced on the heartbreaking custody battle that saw nine-year-old Ellie Kelly Silva kidnapped from her mother and kept in hiding by her father for seven
Maddie anniversary brings shock new revelations
Days before the 7th anniversary of the disappearance of Madeleine McCann, British detectives say they now know of at least one other child “abused in her bed while on holiday
Amphibians
Local environmental association Almargem is celebrating the International Amphibian Day on April 26 by distributing a small survey across Algarve councils about the plight of amphibians, along with suggestions to
Appeal for missing Austrian surfer
Austrian surfer Wolfgang Kaiser, aged 25, disappeared from the house he rented in Aljezur last month, and now friends and family are getting desperate. In appeals posted on Facebook and
Benfica champions!
Olhanense travelled north to Lisbon more in hope than expectation, as the 64,000 Benfica fans who packed the Stadium of Light were in party mood, ready to hail their heroes