Restaurants' VAT beef could reach European Courts
Portugal’s hotel catering and restaurant association AHRESP is threatening to file a complaint with the European Court of Justice over the government’s insistence on keeping VAT rates sky high. The
New tensions in long-running Madeleine inquiry
Relations between the Polícia Judiciária (PJ) and Metropolitan Police forces, both of them investigating the disappearance of Madeleine McCann, are once again at a delicate stage. According to Correio da
Paraglider dies on west coast
A sudden gust of wind blew a paragliding enthusiast to his death off Cordoama beach, in Vila do Bispo, last week. The 55-year-old was blown off course, and instead of
Portugal woos India
Portugal already gets MICE travellers from India, but now it wants the whole caboodle. MICE travellers stand for people involved with Meetings, Incentives Conferences and Exhibitions, but according to Vítor
Portuguese develop ingenious anti-mozzie beach towel
It is a groundbreaking invention created by two Portuguese companies that will help combat deadly diseases like yellow fever, dengue and malaria. The simple beach-towel has been developed by swimwear
OAP rivals attack each other with hoes
It was a typical land dispute between Portuguese neighbours. Two elderly relatives-through-marriage, both brandishing hoes, met after years of disgruntled silence. Shortly afterwards, they began hitting each other with their
Carnival mutiny
While the government has refused to give a national holiday for Carnival – for the second year running – borough councils up and down the country are doing just that.
Portuguese economy: “Broadly on track” with “significant risks”
As the troika returned to Portugal for its 11th bailout review – expected to last up to two weeks – the European Commission has pronounced on the country’s recovery so
Quarteira death crash lawsuit plays out in UK
A woman left widowed and with terrible brain injuries after a car accident in Quarteira is seeking damages from the driver’s insurers in a rare case that has been playing
Government ‘sour-grapes’ over PS call for submarine inquiry
Just as Passos Coelho’s party held its PSD conference last weekend, the Socialist opposition declared its intention to push for an inquiry into the controversial submarine deal that led to