Portugal

By CHRIS GRAEME chris.graeme@theresidentgroup.com The Portuguese Criminal Investigation Department investigating the Submarine Scandal strongly suspects that political movers and shakers may have received millions of euros in sweeteners from crooked

By CHRIS GRAEME chris.graeme@theresidentgroup.com Portugal’s share of a 45 billion euro EU/International Monetary Fund bailout plan for Greece has been set at 774 million euros. After various weeks of hesitation,

Civil Governor of Faro Isilda Gomes stressed last week that Câmara presidents need to have a more active role in the prevention of road accidents within cities and towns, where

Inspectors from the immigration and border control authority (SEF) carried out a major operation across the country’s brothels on April 11. During the operation, under the name Private, 429 foreign

Roller Lagos stars Gonçalo Marreiros and Martyn Dias featured prominently at last week’s Trois Pistas unofficial roller skating world championships in France. The two Algarveans finished 9th and 14th respectively

By DAISY SAMPSON daisy.sampson@theresidentgroup.com Commercial boating companies, from luxury charters to small fishing trip operators, have been left unable to trade as a new body responsible for issuing licenses has

From August, bakeries in Portugal will be forced to sell bread containing less salt. The measure imposed by the Health Ministry aims to combat hypertension. The maximum amount of salt

New US Ambassador to Portugal Allan J. Katz (pictured) arrived in Lisbon on April 8 after being appointed the 24th US Ambassador to Portugal. Allan J. Katz will be officially

Quarteira’s IX International Triathlon last weekend was the first round of this season’s European Cup. Some of the Continent’s and Portugal’s best multi-discipline athletes started the gruelling competition with the

More than 20 children took part in the Pinetrees spring gymkhana held on April 11 at the Pinetrees Riding Centre near Almancil. The young riders showed off their riding skills