Portugal

Former fire fighter Garry Mann, the British citizen who is serving a two year prison sentence for his part in a riot in Albufeira during the Euro 2004 football championships,

If the PSD party wins the election on June 5, it proposes to push a bill through the Portuguese parliament cutting the number of public holidays from 14 to 10.

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Seven Portuguese players, including three from the Algarve, were among the 156-man field teeing off at the 19th Madeira Open at the weekend. England’s James Morrison was hoping to become

Year 10 student Carolina Gramacho from the International School of the Algarve, Lagoa, has seen her first volume of poetry published. At the age of 16, her work was accepted

by DAISY SAMPSON daisy.sampson@theresidentgroup.com Kate and Gerry McCann are due to return to Portugal on Monday to launch the Portuguese version of the new book about the case written by

Increased inflation, high unemployment, high VAT and low productivity have reduced the purchasing power of the Portuguese to their lowest levels since 1984. Inflation, which currently stands at 4.1%, coupled

International ratings agency Fitch has warned that Portugal’s banks will be unable to meet stiff new European Commission capital ratio rules requiring them to have up to 10% liquidity levels.

More than 4,000 children in Portugal are hospitalised each year as a result of falls, according to a study by APSI, the association for the promotion of child safety. Between

A communication mast erected last year at the Vila Serena residential area of Praia da Luz was finally removed on May 18. Local residents fought to win the right to