Sculpture replaced

Loulé town hall has replaced one of the pieces of sculpture stolen from “Carimbo de Emigração” (Emigration Stamp) – the work that stands on the roundabout at Jardim de Comunidades

January 23, 2014by shareitIn ,

Environmental Azores

Two new environmental centres are to open in the Azores this year, extending the popular current network which attracted 91,537 visitors from January to October 2013. The interpretative centre of

January 23, 2014by shareitIn

Galician terror

Two top freedom-fighters attached to the Galician Resistance are thought to be based in northern Portugal where they have been making a lot of the arsenal used in the group’s

January 23, 2014by shareit

Fort classified

The Forte de São Roque (better known as the fort of Meia Praia) in Lagos has at last received classification as a monument of public interest. The ancient structure that

January 23, 2014by shareitIn

Mother ‘recognises’ body in oven

The mother of a young girl missing since October has said she has “no doubts” that the body found earlier this month tied at the hands and feet and trussed

January 23, 2014by shareit

Aluminium strippers

A man and a woman were caught late at night in Raposeira, in the western Algarve, stripping a house of all its aluminium shutters. Police say the duo were travelling

January 22, 2014by shareitIn