Portugal

By Emma Bertenshaw editorial@theresidentgroup.com Some Algarve residents enjoy the space and freedom of living in the countryside away from the relative bustle of towns and resorts. Earlier this month on

Portimão manager João Bastos’ immediate future hangs in the balance following his team’s latest defeat at Sporting Covilhã. The Algarveans never recovered from an early Dani Matos strike and were

By CHRIS GRAEME chris.graeme@theresidentgroup.com The economist and ex-minister of finance who accompanied and advised the ‘Troika’ on Portugal’s austerity measures says that only through radical structural reforms and changes in

By PAULO SILVESTRE paulo.silvestre@theresidentgroup.com Work at a site next to the EN270 road between Loulé and São Brás de Alportel, which was described as creating “an obnoxious scar”, has been

Thousands of students, public sector workers, pensioners and unemployed marched through the streets of Portugal’s main cities on Saturday to protest at the austerity measures being pursued by the government.

By CHRIS GRAEME chris.graeme@theresidentgroup.com Electricity prices, initially expected to increase by as much as 32% in 2012, will now go up by around 4% on domestic bills, it was announced

Music sales in Portugal in the first half of 2011 have fallen by 40% in comparison to the same period last year according to figures from the Portuguese Phonographic Association

The Portuguese are saving more because of the economic crisis, with bank deposits increasing by €35 million a day since the beginning of the year. According to the latest statistics

Pica-Pica Boutique located at Barringtons in Vale do Lobo is now offering a bespoke dying service on all items available from the Palace collection. Clients can choose an item of

ARH, the Algarve’s hydraulic administration, has identified more beaches where cliffs could be dangerous to beachgoers and placed new warning signs in the vicinity. Cliffs at 76 beaches in the municipalities of