Spring has sprung this week and according to the forecast by the Portuguese weather service, the increase in maximum temperatures already felt on Monday, when thermometers rose to between 18ºC and 25ºC, will be with us all week.
Despite the rise of daytime temperatures, the nights remain cold, between 5 and 10°C.
The body of a man was found on Tuesday morning, by a boat in the Ria Formosa in the Tavira area near the Salinas da Sopursal, according to the Maritime Authority.
On Monday night, the Tavira Maritime Police received a call at around 10:40 that a fisherman had fallen in the Ria Formosa near the pier at Santa Luzia.
A €20 million factory officially is being opened on Friday, March 22nd in Odiáxere, Lagos, with the Minister of the Sea, Ana Paula Vitorino, the Secretary of State for Fisheries, José Apolinário and the Mayor of Lagos, Maria Joaquina Matos all jostling for media attention.
The factory’s advanced technology and processes will ensure frozen shellfish swiftly is available to domestic and foreign markets.
A group of 60-year-olds are walking between Chaves and Faro on the country’s very own version of ‘Route 66’ - the EN2
The three men, aiming to average 30 kilometres a day, left Chaves on Monday and have a mission to complete the 738.5 kilometers to Faro in 25 days.
An earthquake measuring 2.6 on the Richter scale, with an epicenter out at sea about 30 kilometers south-southwest of Cape St. Vincent, was recorded at 1:11 am today by the seismic station network.
According to the Portuguese Institute of the Sea and Atmosphere, there was "no information confirming that this earthquake has been felt on shore."
The government has thrown a potential £500m Brexit lifeline to 180,000 British pensioners in EU countries outside the UK who rely on the NHS to pay for their healthcare, writes Lisa O'Carroll for the Guardian.
Health minister Stephen Hammond has said the government is committed to covering their healthcare for 12 months after exit day in the event of no deal.
British investors, involved in a rather complex on/off exit process from the European Union, have invested in Portugal, ranking second in the table of cross-border operations, after Spain.
'Spain brings neither a good wind nor a good marriage,' reads the Portuguese adage, but this is not heeded by Spanish corporates which have been bold in snapping up Portuguese opportunities.
Ricardo Salgado's right hand man at Banco Espírito Santo was awarded more than €1 million when he left the bank in early August 2014.
Amílcar Morais Pires received the massive cheque in compensation for loss of office and the perks of his job that included a chauffeur-driven luxury car and private security.
