Secret espionage files concerning World War One have now been made public and are available online.
They include interrogation reports and photographs. The documents include surveillance reports on organisations such as the Bolshevik Party, British Communist Party and The Boy Scout Association.
Lisbon and Albufeira are number one ad two top destinations for Easter holidaymakers from within Portugal and from abroad.
The analysis released by travel website Trivago is based on its site users with inbound foreigners preferring, in order, Lisbon, Albufeira, Oporto, Funchal, and Vilamoura. Portuguese travellers are heading for Lisbon, Albufeira, London, Paris and Madrid.
A growth in medically diagnosed depression in Portugal is highest for men between 55 and 64-years old, according to a newly released study.
New cases are up for both men and women as the long-running economic crisis takes its toll. Women in a younger age bracket, between 45 and 54-years old, are now most at risk according to a study by the National Institute of Health.
The tale of two Irish tourists who could not wait to leave the Algarve ended in their arrest at Faro airport
Arriving late at Faro for a flight back home, the two travellers found the boarding gates were closed and their morning flight about to depart. Undeterred, the men leapt the barriers, aiming to scoot across the tarmac to board their flight.
GNR command in Faro announced today that an illegal scrap business has been shut down in Foupana, Moncarapacho which was operating on land attached to the house of an elderly man, who now has been issued with a fine of €20,000.
The area was sealed off on Monday by the environmental protection police from Faro who fined the 85-year old owner for not having a license for waste management.
The first Algarve fire this year happened in the Serra de Monchique today, consuming only around 2 hectares of grass, scrubland and eucalyptus near Tojal.
Firefighters were soon on the scene and there was no real threat to nearby houses as the crew extinguished the flames, according to Rui André, the dynamic mayor of Monchique.
The Southern Administrative Court in Lisbon has upheld an injunction requesting the suspension of ANA’s new ‘per hire’ tax on car rentals which started on April 1st.
The legal move was made last week by the Association of Rent-a-Car Companies in the Algarve (ARAC) and the unexpected news of the successful legal move came just days after ANA had taken a page in a national newspaper to explain the new charges.
In the sixteenth century, Portugal was at the height of its power. The Age of Discovery saw trade routes opened across the globe including voyages to India and Brazil.
Inevitably not all ships made these dangerous journeys intact and the galleon 'Flor do Mar' sank in 1511 on a journey from the Strait of Malacca between Malaysia and Indonesia.
