Citing freedom of expression, a Lisbon court has ruled against Isabel dos Santos, the billionaire daughter of Angola’s former president, who had demanded the removal of a set tweets written by a long-time Portuguese critic accusing her of money-laundering.

Construction work aimed at reducing the risk of flooding along Albufeira’s seafront began this week and is expected to make this part of the city less flood-prone in the lead-up to the region’s flooding season in the coming months.

Portimão City Council has finished setting up a temporary night shelter for vulnerable people, namely homeless people, displaying that the municipality is aware of their social action responsibilities at this time of year, when the weather conditions are marked by sharp drops in temperature at night.

Portugal’s central bank is carrying out an inspection of small local lender Eurobic, in which Angolan billionaire and former first daughter Isabel dos Santos is the main shareholder, to assess its procedures against money laundering, Eurobic said.

The Judiciary Police (PJ) has been carrying out searches at Banco Montepio, throughout the association's headquarters, and at homes and smaller associated businesses. The searches are being done under the pretence of the alleged crimes of qualified fraud, money laundering, and qualified tax fraud.

Far-right agitators in Portugal now have different reasons to their 1970s predecessors for becoming radicalised and committing acts of political violence a new study shows.

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.