easyJet has reopened its Faro base for the summer season with a new Newcastle route, launched on 29th March, as part of a plan to fill 1.7 million seats over this year’s peak season.
The Left Bloc on Monday, 30th March, delivered a letter to the Prime Minister’s official residence, signed by “around 8,500 people”, urging the Government to ban the United States from using the Lajes Air Base for attacks against Iran.
The Portuguese government has approved a package of measures worth around €150 million per month to offset rising fuel prices linked to the conflict in the Middle East, Prime Minister Luís Montenegro announced following Friday’s Cabinet meeting.
The Algarve International Autodrome, in Portimão, is forecasting a spectacular 40 per cent rise in attendance at this year’s World Superbike event, with total spectators expected to reach 70,000 over the three-day event, set to take place over this weekend.
“Red zones” in Lisbon, areas where digital ride-hailing vehicles will no longer be allowed to begin or end journeys, including parts of the city’s centre and key tourist districts, are set to be introduced by Bolt and Uber “in the coming weeks”.
A 19-year-old man has been arrested by the Southern Directorate of the Judiciary Police (PJ) on suspicion of attempting to shoot dead a 16-year-old boy back in February, in Olhão. The victim was shot in the neck, and in one eye. Investigators believe longstanding debts, disputes, and previous threats may have motivated the attack.
Portugal’s Public Prosecutor’s Office (MP) has confirmed that searches were carried out at Albufeira Council as part of an investigation “under judicial secrecy” being led by the Regional Department of Investigation and Prosecution (DIAP) in Évora.
Portugal’s agricultural sector has shed 210,000 workers over the past three decades, yet productivity has more than doubled, according to a study by Consulai released today.
