Portugal has approved new ‘drone laws’ to regulate the use of these potentially lethal machines.

The Council of Ministers met on Thursday and passed the legislation, noting that the equipment is easily purchased by members of the public and there are, "potential risks.”

Brisa motorway tolls have gone up, but not by much - the cost for a journey from the Algarve up the A2 to Lisbon has gone up by just 25 cents.

A trip all the way along along the Algarve’s A22 motorway also has risen in price, but by 15 cents for Class 1 vehicles, i.e. cars.

The Portuguese real estate market recorded a record turnover in 2018, boosted by the commercial real estate segment, according to a JLL report released on Wednesday.

According to the property consultant, the commercial segment accounted for an investment volume of €3.3 billion.

Pictures of a pedestrian crossing in S. Mamede de Infesta, Matosinhos, have gone viral on social media but for all the wrong reasons.

Far from exemplifying a carefully planned safety measure to aid pedestrians as they negotiate a potentially dangerous public road, the crossing is painted on a narrow back street with no pavements and runs wall to wall.

Portugal’s President, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, was received in Brazila this Wednesday by the new President of Brazil, Jair Bolsonaro, one day after the new leader's inauguration.

It was a quick yet positive meeting, Marcelo told reporters, "As I said and as President Bolsonaro said, it was a meeting between brothers and what was said was said fast, like in a family."

Olhão council intends to adopt all the new powers that the Government is handing to municipalities in its decentralisation programme.

The mayor of Olhão’s council says he is prepared "to assume in full, this year, the new tasks outlined in the framework on transferring powers to local authorities and inter-municipal entities."

The taxman has taken administrative possession of an average of 48 properties per day, during the last year.

Of the total of 16,073 actions carried up to November 2018, the majority relate to family homes, although debtors have been able to stay in their properties under 2016 legislation.

Social rents, tolls and transport costs have risen today, January 1^st, 2019, but there will be a 3.5% drop in electricity costs in the regulated market this year, with a smaller decrease for those with accounts in the liberalised market.

Non-alcoholic drnks thata re loaded with sugar will be penalised firther in 2019, with the State Budget applying tax according to the drink's sugar content.