Landslide kills one in Madeira
Landslide ‘unrelated to wildfires’; in area “prone to these kind of incidents” A landslide at one of Madeira’s popular tourist attractions – Levada da Água de Alto, in Faial –
One-stop shop for Via Algarviana travellers
Where to sleep, where to eat, what activities to do? From now on, the Via Algarviana offers all the information necessary to easily plan a walking holiday in the Algarve.
Government dismisses entire board of state-owned holding company Parpública
Just the latest political ‘clearout’ as Portugal’s AD government prepares for return to parliament Portugal’s AD centre-right government has decided to remove the entire board of Parpública, led by José
Algarve boroughs risk losing EU funds after missing municipal plan revision deadline
Municipalities risk losing right to apply for European funding Fourteen municipalities in mainland Portugal – including five in the Algarve – have yet to begin the legally required revision of
Contingency plan sets out to contain strike threatening Portuguese airports
Union warns two-day strike will cause ‘major disruption’ at all Portuguese airports With Sttamp, the Portuguese Transport Workers’ Union, predicting “major disruption” for all Portuguese airports due to the strike
Presence of Chinese boats in Portuguese waters “was false alarm”
Alert saw naval and air resources “immediately activated” A very unusual alert was sounded yesterday morning south and south-west of the island of Flores, the smallest and western-mmost island of
StartUp Portimão reveals plans for coworking space in former Lota building
Plans for a new coworking space in Portimão’s former fish market were revealed on the same day StartUp Portimão celebrated its seventh year in operation. StartUp Portimão celebrated seven years
Motorcyclist’s funeral descends into further tragedy
Biking mourner dies in collision with another funeral goer The funeral of a motorbiking enthusiast – a member of the Grupo Motard de Gândara, near Figueira da Foz – ended
Surgical operations in health service hit record level first half of year
But waiting lists have barely moved… Portugal’s SNS national health service (more habitually in the news for its failings) “broke the record for the number of surgical operations”, during the
Cristiano Ronaldo launches YouTube channel
Ronaldo will discuss everything from football to wellness, nutrition and business Portuguese superstar Cristiano Ronaldo launched his own YouTube channel this Wednesday, having already amassed over three million subscribers (and