Portugal’s tourism sector is on a roll and the government is committed to keeping this positive trend going as long as possible.

Galp Energy wants to set a new precedent by forcing their employees to record break times - to have coffee, breakfast or to smoke a cigarette - and warned that it will start cutting wages due to these breaks, as they are not considered effective working time.

A man who ran over 13 people at Praia da Rocha, in Portimão, back in 2015, and who was sentenced to six years in prison, was caught and arrested this week on Monday in Sacavém, Lisbon, to finally serve his sentence.

Portugal expects to hit a new investment record for export-focused projects this year, in the face of Brexit and global trade tensions, with authorities already scrutinising plans worth more than 1 billion euros.

The Municipality of Lagos has expressed its solidarity with the position taken by the municipality of Nazaré with regard to the sustainability of fishing in its municipality, and endorsed a set of proposals and alternative measures to those recommended by the European Commission which the municipality presented.

The recently-opened Rota da Laranja orange route in Silves is a project that “has great significance for the municipality” said mayoress Rosa Palma at the official launch on Friday. The municipality is made up of over 700 square kilometres, and is responsible for 40 percent of Portugal’s national citrus production.

The Via do Infante User Commission (CUVI) have announced that the ruling Socialist Party (PS) has rejected a proposal calling for the elimination of tolls on the A22 as part of the State Budget (OE) for 2020. “The PS again showed its arrogance and contempt for the Algarve and its populations,” said the CUVI.

It’s something many tourists have experienced worldwide. Suspicious-looking individuals prowling tourist hotspots, faint whisperings of “Hashish? Cocaine?”