Visitors rate Algarve as tourism destination of excellence
Surveys show tourists see Algarve as a tourism destination of excellence Tourism authorities in the Algarve are celebrating glowing high-season survey results which they say strengthen the region’s reputation as
Secretary of State in crosshairs over “pornographic conflict of interest”
PSD MP is also under investigation by European Prosecutor over suspicions of receiving ‘kickbacks’ while mayor of Bragança While the country was collectively chortling over the CHEGA MP outed for
Third rape claim in Lisbon’s Martim Moniz area
Portuguese woman reports rape early this morning in hostel A Portuguese woman reported an alleged rape early this morning at a hostel on Rua do Benformoso, in Lisbon – the
Horror in Esposende as Algerian ‘carer’ accused of murdering 85-year-old
Brazilian partner of Algerian believed to have fled country The body of an 85-year-old man – living in a “host family for the elderly” until he disappeared last month –
Portimão hospital A&E chief on extended ‘sick leave’, but gives private consultations
Director of Portimão’s ‘urgências’ “has been on medical leave for several months” A new television exposé has revealed that the director of Portimão Hospital’s ‘urgências’ (A&E) department has been on
Algarve fishermen up ante in battle to stop desalination
Fishermen launch petition, explaining how desalination process kills marine life Algarve fishermen have upped the ante in the environmental battle to stop a €108 million desalination plant from being constructed
Left in a lather as leader changes discourse on immigration
Prominent PS Socialists are ‘not happy’ (to say the least) over comments made to Expresso by their leader Pedro Nuno Santos. Santos gave a wide-ranging interview – stressing that he
More than a tonne of ‘rotting meat’ due to be sold over social networks seized
Portugal’s Food and Economic Safety Authority (ASAE) has seized more than a tonne of meat ‘in an advanced state of deterioration’ that was destined to be sold to the public
Court annuls environmental impact statement for Pisão dam
Environmentalists have won a resounding victory in persuading Castelo Branco administrative and fiscal that the plan to construct the Pisão dam “would be catastrophic” for biodiversity and go against both
Experts want to change forest clearance to stop fires
Experts from the Coimbra School of Agriculture warn that the current model for clearing forests and fire protection strips is wrong. They believe that total deforestation is not the solution