Algarve hotel occupancy up 2.1% in April
The Algarve’s hotels and guesthouses had a better April in 2015 than the same month last year, with occupancy levels reaching 56.2%. The 2.1% increase was mostly due to more
President hopeful claims TAP-Air Portugal problems “all an elaborate plot”
Paulo Morais, the PSD renegade who is running for Portugal’s presidency on an “anti-corruption” pledge, has hit out at what he suggests is an elaborate plot to reduce TAP-Air Portugal
Quercus “names and shames” Portugal’s transgenic cornfields
From today, anyone worrying about where Portugal is cultivating genetically-modified crops can access an online website, giving all the information. Environmental group Quercus has set up the site after exhaustive
Faro hosts first Mediterranean Diet Festival
A gastronomic festival designed to promote the Mediterranean Diet will take place on May 22 at Faro’s hotel and tourism school. Organised by the regional development board (CCDR-Algarve), the event
Four-paw association to sue Guimarães’ Facebook cat-snipers
A clip posted on Facebook of two young men delighting in taking pot-shots at a cat shows the sad reality of a Portugal that is 150 years behind developed countries,
Police and magistrates swoop on multi-million-euro textile fraud
As PJ police swooped on yet another case of millionaire fraud on Wednesday – this time in the textile industry – the so-called ring leader of the allegedly nefarious scheme
Creditors single out artworks as banker’s luxury home in Cascais is “seized”
A court official and a fine arts valuer have been busy at the luxury home of disgraced BPP banker João Rendeiro, in a bid to keep tabs on artworks that
Maddie spin-doctor fails to secure Conservative victory in UK elections
Clarence Mitchell – perhaps best known as the media spokesman for the parents of Madeleine McCann – lost his bid last night to morph into a Conservative Party MP. Mitchell,
Portugal’s Iraq mission is “risky”, admits general
General Pina Monteiro admitted this week that the mission of 30 Portuguese soldiers who traveled to Iraq on Wednesday (May 6) to help international forces against Islamic State is “risky”
IMF stresses Portugal “must try harder”
Good pupil or otherwise, Portugal could definitely “do better” and “must try harder”, says the IMF. In a statement released to Lusa news agency and reporting on its last mission