The government is celebrating rising immigration numbers after the number of foreign nationals living in the country hit half a million for the first time in its history.

A new 1.5km wooden boardwalk is due to be built along Armação de Pêra’s beach this year.

Lidia Prilutcaia, 63, who has been accused of killing her lover back in 2015 and stuffing his body in a suitcase, with the aid of a third party, has this week denied the alleged crime in court.

The European Court of Human Rights has ordered the Portuguese state to pay a compensation sum of 13,000 euros to José Carlos Soares Campos, father of Tiago Santos, one of the six victims of the Meco tragedy. The 21-year-old died during a student event on Meco beach.

Faro Council has pledged investments totalling over 400 thousand euros to furthering several other ongoing road network improvement works in the parish of Montenegro. These include the “repaving of streets in Quinta do Eucalipto” and the “improvement of Rua da Igreja in Montenegro”.

Portugal’s fishing authority Docapesca is planning to invest nearly €500,000 in renovations at Olhão’s fishing port.

Senior Portuguese diplomat João Vale de Almeida has been chosen to head the EU ‘delegation’ in UK post-Brexit, reports Lusa.

Former BES bank boss Ricardo Salgado has reached the end of the appeal process against a fine imposed by the Bank of Portugal for ruinous management that led to the institution’s collapse.