Portugal’s Supreme Court of Justice (STJ) has reduced from 22 to 16 years the prison sentence given to a man for the killing of a Brazilian woman he met in the Algarve, whose burned body was found in ...
Four foreign nationals aged between 16 and 43 have been arrested, and about 1.1 tonnes of hashish seized, at Porto das Barcas in São Teotónio, in the municipality of Odemira, Alentejo. The haul came ...
Campaigners opposed to a large-scale tourism development project planned for beachside land between Meia Praia and Lagos Marina will take to the streets on Saturday, 7 November. The Save Meia Praia ...
When the impact of short-term rentals (STRs, locally known as Alojamento Local, or AL) on housing in Portugal is discussed, the debate tends to focus on Lisbon and Porto. This has been seen in recent ...
The order, covering the plant now being built near Rocha Baixinha beach, was announced last Friday, 30 October, by Albufeira mayor Rui Cristina. The Chega mayor said it was justified by a ‘breach of ...
A Polish Airlines flight from London Heathrow to Warsaw was diverted to Warsaw-Modlin airport after a possible explosive device was reported on board. The Boeing 737 MAX, carrying 181 people, touched ...
Residents and other interested parties have until 9 December to have their say on plans for a large solar farm in the hills above Cachopo, in the municipality of Tavira. The proposed 173-acre site in ...
The court also ordered the PSP (Public Security Police) and Lisbon’s Municipal Police to refrain from “measures to disperse, halt or remove” the citizen’s exercise of her right to demonstrate, “if it ...
On the CIMPOR plant itself, the council argues that the current environmental licence for certain operations “cannot be read as a blank cheque for future expansion, nor as political authorisation to ...
Thirty Portuguese and Spanish riders will take on a 110-metre hillside, with gradients of more than 80% in places, at the 23rd Subida Impossível (Impossible Climb) competition, which returns to Silves ...
A GNR operation on Monday, 2 November, ended with around 200 jerrycans of fuel seized at São Rafael beach, in Albufeira. Thirteen people were detained, one of them a child, according to the Jornal de ...
For João Machado da Silva, chairman of Portimão Marina, the prize is “an important validation of the investment strategy” pursued by the board in recent years. He said it reinforces the marina’s ...