Air Force helicopter rescues British and French sailors off Algarve’s west coast
Stranded in a sailing boat with a broken mast, two sailors – one British and one French – had to be rescued by an Air Force helicopter on Sunday morning
French PM due in Portugal on Friday
French prime minister Manuel Valls will be visiting Portugal on Friday after a diplomatic trip to Morocco where he is due to have an audience with king Mohammed VI and
Police find decomposing body of French motorhomer
The decomposing body of a 70-year-old French tourist was found inside his motorhome in Vila Real de Santo António on Monday night (March 23), reports Correio da Manhã. The newspaper
‘French invasion’ takes Algarve by storm
It is one of the Algarve’s most promising emerging markets and forecasts for 2015 are that the French will continue to take the Algarve by storm. Data for last year
French telecoms giant Altice, offers €7 billion for PT
Itemising the ‘deal’ put forward by French telecommunications giant Altice, Dinheiro Vivo website claims the multinational group wants to buy PT Portugal at “sale price”, offering just over €7 billion,
Golden reasons behind growing “French invasion”
Sacré bleu! Twenty thousand French citizens are expected to move to Portugal as a new law offers pensioners tax exemption for 10 years, as well as perks for high earners.
French investment gains ground in Portugal
French companies are not just satisfied with the investments they have made in Portugal, they plan to increase them. The promise came from Portuguese Economy Minister António Pires de Lima
Portugal-France business bonhomie to continue
Portuguese and French officials met earlier this week at the Portuguese Embassy in France to discuss the developing business relationship between the two countries, and the growing French investments in
Merci beaucoup! Algarve enjoys ‘French invasion’
The much-publicised French tax exodus is having a desirable effect on the Algarve’s property market. Estate agents up and down the region report an influx of French buyers. “We are
Barroso laments barbaric murder of French journalists in Mali
European Commission President José Durão Barroso has spoken of his “sorrow” over the brutal killing of two French journalists in Mali recently. “It was a barbaric murder which left us