Increased tourist tax proposed for Lisbon: €4 a night
Tax began eight years ago – and is charged to Portuguese visitors as well On top of all the other expenses tourists incur in arriving in this country, booking accommodation,
IMF upgrades Portugal’s economic growth forecast to 1.7%
Financial body “more optimistic than Portugal’s own government” The IMF has revised Portugal’s economic growth upwards to 1.7% this year, which is slightly more optimistic than the government, cutting the
Quarteira hosts new version of cancelled Easter market
After having cancelled its Easter market due to bad weather, Quarteira has announced it will host a new event to make up for it this weekend (April 19-21) from 10am
Brit in serious condition after being run over in Albufeira
A 26-year-old British man is in serious condition after being run over on Avenida dos Descobrimentos, Albufeira’s main avenue, shortly after 5am this Tuesday morning. The victim was taken to
Government’s first ‘casualty’: deputy being tried for fraud steps aside
Patrícia Dantas was to have started her new job at finance ministry yesterday Former PSD MP Patrícia Dantas, who had been invited to be a deputy to the Ministry of
Scandal in Madeira: Justice ‘freezes’ €170,000 from account of ceasing governor’s partner
Partner tried to transfer money three days after PJ searches that toppled PSD government Following weeks in which the corruption case that brought down the PSD government of Madeira seemed
Young woman dies after falling from Sagres cliff
Authorities suspect accident fall from a height of 40 metres A 26-year-old German woman died today (April 15) after falling 40 metres from a cliff at Rebolinhos beach in Sagres,
Man wins century-old house with €5 firefighter raffle ticket
House was meant to become a museum A man from Braga has won a century-old house in the north of Portugal after buying a €5 raffle ticket from a local
Member of new government “suspected of fraud in mega-case”
Former PSD MP Patrícia Dantas has confirmed to ‘Funchal Notícias’ that she is to be the new ‘deputy’ to finance minister Joaquim Miranda Sarmento. According to Correio da Manhã, Ms
Eight year old scout killed by car reversing out of control in churchyard
An eight year old scout, practising in a churchyard in Barcelos for a special event with a number of colleagues, was killed outright when a car ‘careered at some speed