Portugal’s Constitutional Court has once again ruled that stripping an immigrant of Portuguese nationality on the basis of criminal convictions is unconstitutional. The unanimous decision was made public on the afternoon of Friday, 8th May.
A man who went on trial today at the Judicial Court of Beja, accused of killing one of his sons nearly a year ago in the rural Alentejo municipality of Moura, has confessed to the shooting, whilst, attempting to clear the co-defendant, another of his sons, of any involvement.
Welsh singer Bonnie Tyler, 74, has undergone emergency bowel surgery to treat an ‘intestinal perforation’ in the Algarve and remains in intensive care, where her condition is described as delicate and under continuous medical supervision.
British singer Bonnie Tyler has been admitted to Faro Hospital in the Algarve, where she is recovering after undergoing emergency surgery.
Nearly two decades after the disappearance of Madeleine McCann in the Algarve, investigators are facing a fresh legal obstacle. British authorities are seeking to bring the case’s sole suspect, German national Christian Brueckner, to trial in the United Kingdom, but his extradition has been blocked as a consequence of Brexit.
The Jewish Community of Lisbon has urged the Portuguese government and the municipalities of Faro and Loulé not to provide public support for an upcoming concert by American musician Kanye West in the Algarve.
From this Thursday, May 7th, buses operating its domestic and international routes to and from Albufeira will have the city's bus terminal as their new and only stop.
A large bluefin tuna weighing over 238 kilograms and measuring around 2.5 metres was sold to the Pine Cliffs resort for approximately €10,000 at “Maguro Seri”, Portugal’s first auction dedicated to this species, held yesterday at Olhão Harbour.
- 15 Lisbon police officers arrested over ‘aggravated torture, rape, assault, and abuse’ of homeless and immigrant suspects
- Marine drone to collect plastic waste along Algarve coast, in new scheme run by Rotary Club of Lagoa
- ‘10 years for citizenship, except for pending cases’: President Seguro promulgates Nationality Law reform, but regrets lack of broader consensus
- Albufeira: Protests and injunction filed by former landowner halts construction of controversial desalination plant
- ‘Police must collaborate across municipalities’: Algarve joins national strategy to fight crime more efficiently
- Portugal appoints dodgy former Algarve mayor to lead team tackling country’s drought and water woes
- Forensic team deployed in Faro after dead body washes up on beach, found by local fishermen
- President Seguro criticises ‘time of deep uncertainty’ this Labour Day, as figures reveal that Portugal is one of the worst EU countries for workers









