Weekend weather: Rain returns as seven districts are put under orange alert
Although Portugal just enjoyed a reasonably sunny week, forecasters predict a miserable rainy weekend ahead, with warnings of “strong winds and dangerous waves”. According to the Portuguese Institute of Sea
Big changes in store for Portugal’s top tennis tournament
Big changes are in store for Portugal’s major tennis event of the year – a tournament that has been delighting fans for 25 years and most recently brought us the
Stripped by thieves, British couple put Silves house up for rent … FREE!
“House for rent in Silves, with no back windows, no boiler, no taps, no back door, but you can have it free and just pay the bills” – this is
BES boss cites key audiences with Cavaco Silva before bank collapse
As the PCP communist party accuse the Bank of Portugal of “noteworthy resistance” to furnish information to the government inquiry into the collapse of BES, Ricardo Salgado, the bank’s former
It’s time for Portugal to have a woman president, says “submarine Ana”
Ana Gomes, the Euro MP who continues to hold out for justice in the “shelved-due-to-lack-of-evidence” case of Portugal’s purchase of two billion-euro submarines, has now declared that it is time
Syriza’s victory brings fresh hope to Portugal’s anti-austerity parties
Whatever Europe’s power-makers like to say – and they are doing their best to play-down the consequences of last Sunday’s election victory of anti-austerity party Syriza in Greece – so-called
Tourism boss in court over crimes of prevarication and falsification of documents
Algarve tourism boss Desidério Silva was in Portimão court yesterday (Thursday) answering allegations that he was involved in the crimes of prevarication and falsification of documents almost 15 years ago
English artist launches Algarve’s new travel guide
Englishman Karl-Bradshaw White is launching a new “Algarve Travel Guide” today (January 30) and tells us it offers detailed information, fun facts and “much, much more” about 54 chosen locations.
BES shareholders sue Governor of the Bank of Portugal for “injurious negligence”
As key players appear before the government inquiry into the collapse of BES, 485 shareholders have banded together to sue the Governor of the Bank of Portugal over damages they
€57 million pledged to protect Guarda farmers from Iberian Wolf
A heated public meeting with livestock farmers in Guarda has led to the government pledge this week of €57 million to protect against the increasing number of attacks in the