Portugal ends 2023 with highest growth in EU
Country congratulated for bringing debt below 99% of GDP Portugal ended 2023 with the highest economic growth of the EU’s 12 best performing economies. That doesn’t mean it was the
Algarve tourist accommodation revenues exceed €1.5 billion in 2023
The number of guests, rounds of golf played, and passengers travelling through Faro airport broke record numbers last year. The Algarve Tourism Board has revealed a very positive assessment of
Anti-corruption campaigner Ana Gomes ‘absolved of defamation’
Gomes described media mogul as “notorious scumbag/ tax criminal” Anti-corruption campaigner, former MEP and one-time presidential candidate Ana Gomes has been acquitted today in the 3rd defamation case brought against
Lisbon’s anti-Islamic protest shows “great ignorance of history”, say experts
Capital “filled with signs of Islamic heritage” With far right group 1143 believed to be intent on carrying through a protest to the banning of its Anti-Islamic march in Lisbon
Algarve only region to fall short of record tourism numbers in 2023
The UK remains Portugal’s main foreign market The Algarve was the only region in Portugal that did not improve its tourism numbers in 2023 compared to 2019 (the last year
Protesting farmers block several principle roads in Portugal
Police despair government’s ‘preferential handling of agriculture’ Today’s protests by farmers on principle roads leading into and around Portugal have masked for the moment a worrying ‘spin-off’ that promises to
HPA Saúde Group holds first Algarve Dermato-Oncology Conference
The event, aimed at medical professionals, is happening at the Hotel EVA Senses in Faro on Saturday, March 16. Algarve Health Group HPA Saúde is organising the first Dermato-Oncology Conference
PSD’s anti-corruption platform toppled by … PSD
In the space of a few weeks, Portugal has been assailed by two massive investigations alleging ‘installed corruption’ within the corridors of power, affecting both parties trying desperately to win
Law criminalising mistreatment of pet animals IS constitutional, says court
Constitutional Court announces “successive review process” The ‘good news’ today is that the law criminalising the mistreatment of pet animals is, after all, constitutional. The Constitutional Court analysed the law
Man caught stealing in Fafe burgled dozens of homes in the Algarve
The suspect was arraigned in Faro on Monday and was subject to a preventive detention order. Faro’s Public Security Police (PSP) arrested a man, at the weekend, accused of committing