New Attorney General steps in as predecessor set to enjoy pension higher than salary
President Marcelo thanks outgoing Attorney General for her six years of service In a speech of carefully-chosen words today, President of the Republic Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa bid farewell to
Discover traces of Neanderthal occupation in Portimão’s cave network
On October 19, an Open Day organised by the Portimão Museum will allow history buffs to discover archaeological remains in the Gruta da Companheira. Portimão’s Municipal Museum is organising an
Hot air balloon festival returns to Alentejo
FIBAQ aims to promote practice of ballooning in Portugal Hot air balloons will once again “paint” the skies of the Alentejo, from November 7 to 13, during international festival FIBAQ
Portugal to host two rounds of Superbike World Championship in 2025
Superbike action scheduled for March (Portimão) and October (Estoril) in Portugal The Superbike World Championship has announced its 2025 calendar, with Portugal set to host two rounds yet again. The
World’s best swimmers to compete in Setubal open water world cup
More than 50 of the world’s elite swimmers, including 14 Olympians and five Paris2024 medallists, are taking part in the Open Water World Cup in Setúbal tomorrow. The Paris Olympic
Complaint against Admiral Gouveia e Melo ‘archived’
A complaint (that many would have labelled pedantic in the extreme) against the Chief of Staff of the Navy, Admiral Gouveia e Melo, for NOT ruling out a candidacy to
Business association calls budget ‘series of isolated measures’
The Portuguese Business Association (AEP) believes that the proposed State Budget for 2025 is “far from what the country needs” and is no more than “a series of isolated measures”
PJ arrest foreign woman “strongly suspected” of having slit throat of Portuguese mother-of-three
PJ police have announced the arrest of a 33-year-old foreign woman (nationality not specified) “strongly suspected” of having slit the throat and thus killed mother-of-three Sara Carratalana in Lourinhã on
President amends law on short-term rentals
President Marcelo has today officially amended the law brought in under PS Socialists creating, what the new government termed “certain burdensome and disproportionate restrictions on private initiative in the sector”.
Mystery as seabirds killed by paralysis on Algarve island
Cause of the paralysis appears to be linked to toxins ingested through food or water A syndrome causing paralysis is being blamed for the deaths of numerous seabirds on Deserta Island,