Construction costs for new housing accelerate in June, up 3.7% on year
Construction costs for new housing in Portugal in June were up 3.7% from their level in the same month last year, with this increase being 0.4 of a percentage point
Woman accused of putting Póvoa de Lanhoso at risk following seven forest fires
A 45-year-old woman has been arrested in Braga, suspected of having caused seven forest fires in various parishes of the municipality of Póvoa de Lanhoso since July 23. In a
Boliqueime hosts exhibition on ‘Algarvian car’
‘Algarvian car’ – the expression used to describe the region’s old animal-drawn carts An exhibition focusing on the ‘Carro Algarvio‘ – which literally translates into ‘Algarvian Car‘ but means the
Stabbed man finds refuge on commuter train
A 24-year-old man leapt onto a Linha de Sintra commuter train as it prepared to leave Damaia, Amadora, yesterday, and promptly collapsed, bleeding. Fellow passengers discovered he had only just
Women’s football: Benfica, Sporting and Seville compete for Algarve Trophy
The women’s football teams of SL Benfica, Sporting CP and Seville FC will be competing for the first women’s Algarve Trophy (Troféu do Algarve) between this Thursday and Saturday (August
Bores’ tragic ‘return home’: “never recovered from tranquilization”
Outrage and sadness as bid to ‘bring Bores home’ ends in lynx’s death The heroic struggle to free Bores from a cage underneath a waterslide has ended in tragedy. The
Tourist tax stampede: now it’s turn of communist-led Setúbal
Portugal’s municipalities see tourist tax as new ‘fast-track’ to raising money As of September, communist-led Setúbal City Council is to start charging a tourist tax of €2 per guest of
Major media coverage as President, PM visit oncology/ maternity services in Lisbon
Visit comes in (yet another) summer of health discontent Portugal’s president and prime minister are to visit the Oncology service at Lisbon’s Santa Maria Hospital today, as well as its
Minister announces €1.2 million compensation for Algarve fishermen
This compensation for fishermen is a “first” in Portugal, minister says Portugal’s minister for the environment has announced €1.2 million in compensation for Algarve fishermen affected by the creation of
Algarve desalination plans: “authorities finally appreciate high costs involved”
Sustainable water platform reiterates alternatives to “total lack of logic in management of public money” With the costs of the desalination plant planned for Albufeira now seeing Algarve councils totting