PCP Communists reject centre-right government programme
Paulo Raimundo, secretary-general of Portugal’s Communist Party (which was reduced to 4 MPs in Sunday’s elections) has announced that his party will be presenting a motion to reject AD’s government
ALDI to open new supermarket in Vila do Bispo
A new ALDI supermarket will open next Wednesday (March 20) on Rua do Mercado Municipal in Vila do Bispo, Algarve. It will be the German supermarket chain’s first store in
Folar Easter cake is king in São Marcos da Serra
Event pays tribute to traditional Easter cake São Marcos da Serra will host the 26th edition of its ‘Feira do Folar’ between March 29 and 31, an event that pays
Winning tactics: how Luís Montenegro plans to lead Portugal’s new government
Start big, with populist measures almost impossible to disagree with With Portugal’s left-wing parties already trying to construct an alternative to the AD centre right alliance voted into power last
Desalination expert ‘approves’ Algarve project
Klaus Kallenberg, with extensive experience in the field, believes desalination is key to tackling drought and water shortages in the Algarve The Algarve’s desalination plant project has received a thumbs
Left wingers lead call to “construct alternative” to election result
Post-election ‘strategising’ led by Bloco de Esquerda With Portugal’s left in uproar over the election results last Sunday, the strategising has begun – very much as happened in Spain last
Portugal voted for “change” and faces new political imbroglio
AD centre-right alliance in unconvincing win, overshadowed by rise of populist CHEGA For once, the pre-election polls were all spot on: Portugal voted for change – after eight years of
Climate protestors unfurl banner on roof of Bank of Portugal
Bank “makes no comment”; PSP police unaware Students from the Grève Climática Estudantil (Student Climate Strike) movement climbed onto the roof of the Bank of Portugal in Lisbon early this
CHEGA’s Algarve win attributed to “voter frustration”
Voters in the Algarve are “tired of unfulfilled promises” CHEGA’s victory in the Algarve in last weekend’s legislative elections is being attributed to growing frustration with how successive governments have “forgotten”
Searches underway for top half of body dumped in rubbish bin
Lower half of body discovered by bin collection workers in Lisbon The search is on today for the ‘missing’ top half of a body, discovered dumped in a rubbish bin