Albufeira featured in Telegraph’s ‘prettiest (and ugliest) seaside towns’
“Those in search of Portugal will be disappointed” Albufeira has got it in the neck (again) in a new feature in the Telegraph on Europe’s prettiest (and ugliest) seaside towns.
Consumer watchdog calls for VAT reduction on bottled gas
Government already under fire for ‘huge spike’ coming in fuel prices Consumer protection association DECO has called for a VAT reduction on bottled gas – the fuel still used for
New shock within state health system: executive director resigns under cloud
Gandra d’Almeida outed for working two (highly paid) public sector jobs at same time Portugal’s AD government is taking flak this weekend after an investigation by SIC reported that the
Batten down the hatches; clear drainage channels… rain is on its way!
After ‘super dry December’, January looks like bringing downpours Portugal’s Civil Protection authority has issued a warning today about the possibility of floods, landslides, slippery roads and accidents due to
Law merging parish councils – against will of people – finally overthrown
Parliament today approved the dismantling of 135 parishes ‘united’ almost 12 years ago, against the will of their communities and municipalities, but because troika overlords saw the move as another
“Sense of insecurity” driven by ‘disinformation’/ rolling news, says PJ chief
With barely a day going by without media reports on the ‘lack of security’ in Portugal, the PJ’s (judicial police) top man, Luís Neves, has come out and blamed the
No charges for final suspect in Madeleine McCann disappearance
After all the stories since German police ‘came onto the scene’ in 2020, it transpires that there will be no charges brought against the man labelled ‘the final suspect’ in
Portugal faced with doubling country’s defence costs
New NATO targets “will force spending update” from €3 billion a year to €6.4 billion Everything points to Portugal having to re-think its defence spending – still lagging critically behind
President Marcelo “fears Trump will establish agreement with Russia”
… and somehow forget Europe Portugal’s head of state Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa has been speaking about what he fears about Donald Trump’s new US administration, three days before that
“Majority of Portuguese think Mário Centeno should continue as central bank governor”
Yesterday’s ‘exclusive’ broken by SIC, that the government will not be extending the mandate of Mário Centeno, as Governor of the Bank of Portugal, Socialist party leader Pedro Nuno Santos