Portugal risks “increasing threat of terrorism from North Africa”
Currently in talks to secure the future of the American airforce base at Lajes in the Azores, foreign affairs minister Rui Machete has been talking of the increasing risk of
Three Portuguese make Forbes’ ‘30 under 30’ lists
Success || Footballer Cristiano Ronaldo, street artist ‘Vhils’ and medical researcher Maria José Pereira have all been featured in popular magazine Forbes for having built “successful careers under the age
British man arrested after wife’s body found buried in Algarve garden
An autopsy was ongoing as we went to press on Wednesday to determine the cause of death of a 70-year-old British expat so far named only as Brenda whose body
British woman believed to have been killed and buried by husband in Alvor
Portimão PJ police are searching for the body of a British woman whom they believe was killed and buried by her husband in the garden of their Monte Canelas home,
SEF inspector on trial for sexual exploitation of children
In another case involving the government’s border police authority SEF, the PJ has instigated proceedings against former inspector Miguel Carreira, and another colleague still working at SEF, for a number
Electricity shock: families see bills go up every three months
Panic has set in as 2015 signals the year Portuguese families must choose which provider they want in the liberalised electricity and gas markets. According to national tabloid Correio da
Bragança-Portimão air link could open on June 1
Flights connecting Portimão to Bragança in the north of Portugal could be running as soon as June 1. The air link – which includes stops in Cascais, Viseu and Vila
809 sign up for Portugal’s “living wills”
Six months on since the introduction of living wills and Portugal is gathering signatories. According to the latest statistics, there are now 809 people who have signed these documents which
Man falls to his death from cliffs in Ericeira
A 60-year-old man fell to his death from a cliff above Ericeira on Sunday morning. Surfer Óscar Cardoso saw the man enter the water and rushed to his aid, but
Portugal’s doomed TGV railway cost €153 million “without even being built
It is the latest “scandal” to blast onto the nation’s headlines. The high-speed rail network, dubbed TGV, that in brighter years planned to speed up connections throughout Portugal managed to