The Attorney General's Office (PGR) has confirmed that Rui Pinto, a Porto-based hacker, has been charged with attempted extortion crime, 75 counts of illegitimate information pirating, computer sabotage, and 70 counts of correspondence violation, seven of which are deemed to be aggravated. The same entity states that a single charge of extortion has been given to the second defendant, Aníbal Pinto, who is the lawyer of the Vila Nova de Gaia hacker.

Ryanair has decided to abandon their route running between Porto and Lisbon from the 25^th of October onwards "for commercial reasons", said the airline's in a statement, ensuring that it will still continue to "operate 57 routes from Porto and 30 from Lisbon".

Vilamoura Marina won the title of "International Marina of the Year 2019/2020", awarded today in the UK by the Yacht Harbour Association, at the Southampton Boat Show.  

Almost 20% of Portuguese dentists are working abroad, with more than 1500 dentists already working exclusively in other countries, while the number of foreign students studying dentistry in Portugal has doubled in the last four years.

Last night a total of 46 members working for the Institute for Nature Conservation and Forests (ICNF) and the GNR Coastal Control Unit carried out a large-scale operation in the Southwest Alentejo and Costa Vicentina Natural Park.

The low cost airline has managed to reach an agreement with ANA - Airports of Portugal to keep two aircraft parked in the Algarve in the low-season resulting in half of the jobs set to be lost being saved.

Pedro Lavia received the prestigious career award from the Publituris Portugal Travel Awards 2019. This recognition is unanimously recognized by the industry as the “Oscars”. Tourism in Portugal, and took place on the 17^th of September at the Manuel Possolo Hippodrome in Cascais.

Algarve tourism board officials have argued that region must diversify and build on its renowned beach holiday brand in order to benefit from the rapidly evolving global tourism market.