Ryanair’s new cabin bag policies come into effect from today, January 15th, 2018.

The changes to cabin-bag policy has triggered sporadic outbursts of anger in some Ryanair passengers, but the carrier insists that the policy benefits travellers as "departures will be more punctual."

Portugal's archaeologists want to see a National Archaeological Plan put in place and for each council to have a resident archaeologist.

Keenly aware of the recent destruction at a farm in the Beja district, where contractors destroyed a Roman bridge, an aqueduct and a villa, archaeologists have launched a petition to preserve the country’s heritage.

Five years of pondering and two years of preventive action, to control the spread of Asian hornets across Portugal, have failed.

The Minister of Agriculture, Capoulas Santos, marvels at the insect’s "impressive" reproduction capacity and inexorable progress.

Rui Rio has triumphed in the party leadership battle and will lead the centre-right opposition to the ruling socialist party.

The former Mayor of Porto won the contest to lead the Social Democratic Party, replacing Pedro Passos Coelho.

A Portuguese passport is one of the best in the world for travellers to hold, according the latest passport index.

In 2018, Portugal moved from sixth place to fifth in the Henley & Partners passport index which looks at the number of countries accessible to the holder where a visa in not required.

A fire at a leisure centre in Vila Nova da Rainha, Tondela, on Saturday night, killed at least eight people and has left 38 injured - 22 seriously so.

The source of the fire may have been a salamander-type of heating unit, according to José António Jesus, the Mayor of Tondela, with witnesses saying that the flames started "after an explosion in the heating system."

Banco Santander Totta, a subsidiary of the Spanish bank Santander, has suspended all bitcoin-related transactions.

The bank already had started to block transactions in several crypto-currency exchanges, claiming that these exchanges are trading non-regulated financial products.

Both Zara and Pull & Bear are closing down in Faro’s main shopping street.

Inditex, the group that controls the two clothing retail brands, has come under immediate fire from the local Social Democratic party’s Ofélia Ramos who has expressed her, "amazement and concern" about the announced closures and the "serious damage" that this action will bring to "all operators and for the traditional commerce of the county.”