Chinese spend millions on ‘passport to Europe’
The wave of Chinese attracted by Portugal’s ‘Golden Visa’ programme shows no sign of peaking, with deputy PM Paulo Portas radiantly declaring that it is proving a powerful tool for
(Warning) West coast Portugal and Algarve on red weather alert
A severe weather depression will be affecting much of Portugal from midday today (Sunday) with conditions, the worst to have hit the country so far this year, expected to remain
Match Algarve to open in 2016
Match Algarve – the €110 million state-of-the-art football village planned for the countryside near Bensafrim, Lagos – is expected to be up and running by 2016. Dutch investors involved in
Portugal’s unions almost "soviet-like” says Education Minister
In an extraordinary outburst, beleaguered Education Minister Nuno Crato has now accused teachers’ unions of being “almost Soviet-like”. Crato’s difficulties with trade unions are well-known – with his embarrassment over
Major Tavira drug bust
Polícia Judiciária (PJ) police wound-up a year-long investigation in Tavira last week when they arrested three men moving 800kgs of hashish cleverly stashed in the hull of a boat. The
Prime Minister confirms green energy support
As the Spanish government announced its plans to cut all price subsidies for renewable energy production, Portugal has stressed its continuing support, with Prime Minister Passos Coelho calling on the
“Pistol-packing” Troika must go, says MEP
A Euro think-tank has heavily criticised the Troika for putting “a pistol to the head” of struggling nations in a way that is “totally undemocratic”. Talking to journalists in Strasbourg,
Ever fallen in love on the bus or train?
Love can hit you anywhere. Any place. Any time. You could even fall hopelessly in love with a total stranger on a bus. With this in mind, a group of
Fifty thousand leave agriculture
Never have there been as few farmers working in the agricultural sector as there were last year. According to new data from the National Statistics Institute (INE), 50,000 farmers and
Wet, windy and wild – another ‘red alert’ weekend in store
It’s going to be another ‘red alert’ weekend of wild weather, and the further north you go, the worse it will get. From Lisbon to Porto, seven Portuguese districts will