Brazil’s Jair Bolsonaro hopes to visit Portugal early 2020
Brazil’s president Jair Bolsonaro hopes to visit Portugal at the beginning of 2020. The controversial leader who only recently declared “the Amazon is ours” and dismissed his own country’s deforestation
Woman arrested at Faro Airport with 2.5 kilos of cocaine in luggage
A 20-year-old Brazilian woman is being held in custody on suspicion of carrying 2.5 kilos of cocaine hidden in her luggage. She flew into Faro Airport from Brazil on Friday
“Portuguese olive oil” sold by Brazilian companies “not fit for human consumption”
Consumer’s association Proteste is warning that five brands of “Portuguese olive oil” sold by Brazilian companies are not fit for human consumption. The brands are sold under the labels Tradição,
Portugal wants to work with Brazil’s new president, ignoring Dilma Rousseff’s cries of “coup!”
Following the impeachment in Brazil of former president Dilma Rousseff, a communiqué from the office of minister for foreign affairs Augusto Santos Silva (pictured) has affirmed that Portugal wants to
Sonae Sierra to invest €2 billion in new malls around world
Portuguese shopping centre group Sonae Sierra has revealed plans to invest €2 billion in the opening of several new malls around the world in the next five years. The news
Discovery of three bodies in drainage canal ‘solves’ mystery of missing Brazilians
Two families received the worst possible news over the weekend: the young women they have been desperately searching for since February have been discovered dead and decomposing in a drainage
Brazil to host Alheira de Mirandela festival
Alheira de Mirandela, one of Portugal’s most well-known and appreciated sausages, is going to be the star of a gastronomic festival in the Brazilian city of São Paulo in October.
Algarve firemen seek funds to enter World Rescue Championship in Brazil
For the first time, a team of six volunteer firefighters from São Brás de Alportel entered Portugal’s National Rescue Championship. And for the first time, the competition was hosted by
Portuguese mother-of-three murdered in Brazil
A Portuguese mother-of-three was murdered in Brazil this week after she fought back in what appears to have been a kidnap attempt. Married to the businessman great-nephew of former Brazilian
Portuguese paraglider dies trying to beat his own record
In what looks like a tragic accident caused by “rotor” crosswinds, a 39-year-old Portuguese fell 300 metres when his parachute suddenly closed over a rocky area in Brazil known as