“High risk of bankruptcy” threatens 60% of hotels and restaurants
Portugal may have registered a groundbreaking year for tourism in 2014, but a European Commission (EC) report has highlighted the appalling state of the majority of the country’s hotels and
“Golden Visa” Chinatown planned for agricultural land in Alcobaça
As the nation’s press continues to publish new revelations in the so-called Golden Visa scandal, SOL weekly has revealed there is an entire village near the sea in Alcobaça planned
Policeman saves woman from drowning
Carlos Lima had already ended his nightshift but decided to help fellow officers when Quarteira’s GNR police received a call that a woman was drowning off the local beach. The
Urgent talks as 10,000 Portuguese workers “may soon return from Angola”
With Portugal’s employment situation far from resolved, the crisis in Angola now threatens to bring a further 10,000 nationals back home – almost all of whom will be seeking jobs
Government receives request for “extra-terrestrial embassy” in Portugal
The PSD-CDS led government is used to receiving requests, but they usually centre on the dire need for funding from almost all corners of the country. Last week however, one
Delight as black vultures return to southern Portugal after 40-year absence
Conservationists are delighted to report that two pairs of nesting black vultures have been spotted in the Alentejo – 40 years after the last known reproduction of this species in
Official: Vilamoura bought by American fund
It’s finally official – Vilamoura has been taken over by American private equity firm Lone Star Funds. The US fund has acquired Garvecat, the company responsible for developing the Vilamoura
Socialists “deeply concerned” about Algarve’s health sector
Portugal’s Socialist Party (PS) has sounded the alarm yet again about the state of the Algarve’s health sector – expressing “deep concerns” about the region’s “lack of human resources” and
Meet the new mayor of Lisbon – a former secretary of state under José Sócrates
His name is Fernando Medina, and he takes over the reins of the nation’s capital today (April 6) at 6pm as outgoing mayor António Costa prepares for the autumn fight
Police poisoned by heavy metals contaminating shooting galleries
At least 50 PSP shooting instructors have been intoxicated by heavy metals that built up in closed shooting galleries which, for reasons unknown, were not being properly aired. Some of