Portugal

The Costa Esuri golf resort in Ayamonte, Spain, hosted the lavish launch party of the region’s new monthly English language newspaper, the Costa de La Luz Resident, on February 11.

Portuguese lorry driver Paulo da Silva has been jailed for three years for causing the deaths of a family of six in the UK by careless driving (see the Algarve

By CHRIS GRAEME chris.graeme@algarveresident.com A PSD politician, widely tipped to one day be prime minister of Portugal, has issued stark warnings against excessive state intervention in the economy. Parliamentary deputy

Twenty-five parachutists, who participated in the eighth national Parachute Cup held at Portimão’s municipal airfield, broke a record previously set in Évora in 2006, when the freefalling group formed a

By CHRIS GRAEME chris.graeme@algarveresident.com Embattled Prime Minister José Sócrates has continued to deny his involvement in the Freeport case, calling it a “black campaign orchestrated by occult powers.” He again

Associations representing small and medium sized companies are demanding that the government force banks to extend them credit lines. The move comes as banks are once again tightening up their

A new electronic residency card has been introduced in Portugal for all foreign residents. The new card, which was officially presented by Portugal’s minister of internal affairs, Rui Pereira, in

Portuguese mortgage lenders are set to maintain or increase their levels of mortgage lending and product availability during 2009, according to a survey of 20 of Europe’s most active mortgage

By ELOISE WALTON eloise.walton@algarveresident.com Founded in 1989 by British residents Nan Richardson and Peter Lander, the Refúgio dos Burros donkey sanctuary in Estombar near Lagoa is in desperate need of

The total losses incurred by troubled private bank BPN amount to 1.8 billion euros, equal to half the estimated cost of building Lisbon’s new international airport. The shocking truth of