Portuguese NGOs demand end to US meddling in Venezuela
Around forty Portuguese NGOs and civil society organistations are demandeding that US President Donald Trump immediately release Nicolás Maduro and his wife Cília Flores, and end US interference in Venezuela.
Finance minister in hospital following suspected TIA
Finance minister Joaquim Miranda Sarmento is in hospital today following a suspected TIA (transitory ischemic attack). The 47-year-old is undergoing observation/ tests at Lisbon’s Santa Maria hospital – and further
Another 22 municipalities join 68 covered by ‘situation of calamity’
A government dispatch dated today, and published in state gazette Diário da República, adds another 22 municipalities to the original 68 included in the ‘situation of calamity’ declared at the
IKEA opens 27 job vacancies at Loulé store
IKEA Portugal has announced the opening of 27 new job vacancies at its store in Loulé, in the Algarve, as part of efforts to strengthen its team and “continue delivering
Dying patient gets final wish ‘to see and smell the sea’
With media stories returned since the ‘storms crisis’ to criticising INEM (medical emergency institute) – for the time it is taking to reach 112 call-outs – and decrying the deterioration
Algarve Trade Experience returns with focus on future of drinks industry
Over 3,000 professionals are expected to attend the 11th edition of the Algarve Trade Experience, taking place on March 9 and 10 at the Palácio de Congressos do Algarve in
Agriculture minister gets lesson in good manners
Agriculture minister José Manuel Fernandes – a man who has already sparked outrage in his rants against government agencies that don’t roll over for environmentally harmful projects – got a
Three injured – one critical – after ‘drive-by shooting’ in Lisbon neighbourhood
Three people were injured – one critically – in the early hours of this morning after shots were fired from a car passing through Rua do Benformoso – a street
BE calls possible scrapping of INEM Algarve “pure irresponsibility”
The leader of left-wing party Bloco de Esquerda (BE) has branded the possible extinction of the Algarve delegation of the National Emergency Medicine Institute (INEM) as “pure irresponsibility”, warning that
Albufeira shuts down tourist tax platform ahead of system switch
The municipal council of Albufeira has deactivated its Tourist Tax Management Platform with immediate effect as it prepares to migrate to a new digital system. The move was announced on