Flamboyant magistrate, Orlando Figueira, has been sentenced to six years and eight months in prison in a court ruling resulting from Operation Fizz.

Figueira was convicted of taking bribes from the former vice-president of Angola, Manuel Vicente.

A people trafficker has been arrested in the Alentejo after a warrant was issued to the Judical Police.

Evidence has been collected of suspicious activities associated with labour crews from Eastern Europe which had been working in farms.

What is the secret of Portugal's success? A question posed by the Algarve’s tourist authority, now under the management of João Fernades.

Currently, Portugal is in the centre of worldwide attention, re-elected as the best tourist destination in the world and the recipient of a record number of gongs at the World Travel Awards.

The Socialist Platform for the Legalisation of Cannabis, an informal structure of militants and Socialist Party supporters, on Friday called on the Government to open up the research and development of the cannabis industry in Portugal.

The group praised the socialist party's support for the Left Bloc’s call for the legalisation and regulation of medicinal cannabis in Portugal, as well as expressing appreciation for the action developed by the PAN party but now want smaller producers to get involved - legally.

Despite the phenomenal growth of the short-term tourists rental accommodation sector, an additional 65 hotels should open next year in Portugal with over half of them located in Lisbon and Oporto.

The data comes from the Association of Hospitality of Portugal, which estimates that 23 of new hotels will be in the Lisbon metropolitan area and 17 in the Porto area.

New evidence indicates that the former Economy Minister, Manuel Pinho, indeed was manipulated by EDP when devising the financially ruinous (for taxpayers) CMEC payments.

EDP directly ​​influenced Rui Cartaxo, at the time an advisor to Manuel Pinho, to set up the Costs for the Maintenance of Contractual Equilibrium (CMEC) scheme that has seen taxpayers unwittingly subsidising the privatised electricity supplier.

The Portuguese will go to the polls next autumn to chose their MPs, and hence their government, on a date confirmed on Friday by the President of the Republic, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, after consultation with the various parties.

The official Presidency website states that, "after hearing the political parties represented in the Assembly of the Republic, the President of the Republic defined the 6 October 2019 for the holding of legislative elections."

The Funchal, launched in 1961 and destined for the scrap yard, has been rescued by a British company, Signature Living.

The cost of making the ship seaworthy is prohibitive but the company bid €3.9 million, well above the auction list price of €2.3 million, and aims to refit the vessel for use as a floating hotel.