Holiday tragedy as man drowns in Carvoeiro
A holiday excursion to Carvoeiro ended in tragedy this week when a 65-year-old member of the group drowned off Carvoeiro beach. Called to the scene on Wednesday morning, authorities worked
Euromilhões mystery as prize still unclaimed
All eyes this week are on the small tobacconists in Sobedis, Castelo Branco, where a lottery player is expected to come through the door and claim his/her €190 million win.
Seven pickpockets arrested in Lisbon and released once again
Seven pickpockets from Eastern Europe were caught red-handed in Lisbon’s Alfama district, working the tourist trams and relieving visitors of their personal belongings and cash. But when taken to court,
24-year-old arrested on three counts of attempted murder
Police in Guarda arrested a 24-year-old driver on three counts of attempted murder this week after he drove into a riverbed, apparently on purpose, in a car containing his parents
Eurovision songstress joins Grand Night of Variety
Filipa Sousa who represented Portugal in the Eurovision Song Contest in Baku, Azerbaijan in 2012 will be singing in the Grand Night of Variety on November 7 at the Lagoa
Women organise lunch for animals
‘Ladies Who Lunch’ raised €664 towards animal care at a west coast charity for abandoned animals. Sheila Merriott, organiser of the lunch on behalf of AEZA (Associação Ecologista e Zoófila
Horror in Montechoro as resident found with knife in his chest
A 43-year-old man was found dead on Sunday (October 26) with a kitchen knife sticking out of his chest yards from his home on Rua Almada Negreiros in Montechoro, Albufeira.
TAP calls new three-day strike
A new three-day strike called by TAP flight staff promises to disrupt 38,000 of the 55,000 passengers already booked to fly between the days of Thursday, October 30 and Saturday,
Another horrific case of domestic violence as a 52-year-old woman is shot dead
In another horrific case of domestic violence a 52-year-old woman was shot dead by her ex as she left her home in Leiria on Monday. Conceição Coelho had already appealed
BPI takeover?
BPI, one of the two Portuguese banks that passed recent ECB stress tests, could be interested in Novo Banco – the ‘good bank’ snatched from the ashes of BES last