Adidas has closed 11 franchised stores in Portugal, but not before seizing all their stock.

Adidas franchises are run by Valadri Desporto Unipessoal Lda, against which an injunction for breach of contract has been lodged.

Foreigners buying houses in Portugal have been instrumental in helping the recovery of the national real estate market in recent years.

Between 2012 and 2017, foreigners bought 70,700 homes in Portugal, at a cost of €11.1 billion.

Asylum-seekers and refugee, having managed the bureaucratic complexities made it to Portugal, may apply for a unexpected bonus – farmland on which to start a new life of toil.

The Government has proposed a new law that creates a land bank of unused farmland, to be leased to refugees in preference to Portuguese or EU citizens.

The Portuguese Environment Agency (APA) aims to demolish Porto’s 'Edifício Transparente' (pictured below) and a further 33 buildings along the coastline between Caminha and Espinho, in addition to the removal of hundreds of private homes built on the dunes.

The demolitions are all part of the coastal plan covering an area between Caminha and Espinho.

A TAP flight that left from Madeira airport on Wednesday morning, destination Lisbon, was forced to land at Faro airport for a fill up.

According to a passenger report of flight TP1692, the airplane was scheduled to leave at 11.35, but took off late, at 12.25.

The population of the Algarve and Alentejo areas potentially affected by oil exploration, "will once again have social peace," after Galp-ENI abandoned its drilling project off Aljezur.

In a statement on October 30th, the Association of Terras do Infante (the Lagos, Aljezur and Vila do Bispo Councils) considered the abandonment of oil exploration by the consortium, "a sensible decision."

Albufeira, Alcoutim and Loulé Councils have reached the short list in the Municipalities of the Year Awards - 2018, due to take place on 16 November in Guimarães.

This competition "aims to recognise the good practices of Council projects that have had a positive impact on the area, the economy and society by promoting growth, inclusion and sustainability.”

Lagos Council has set a budget of €58 million for 2019, a year in which the municipality wants to move ahead with projects that were put on hold due to the crisis.

The 2019 budget, which has been approved, includes fixing the Meia Praia road and the construction of the Escola da Luz, two projects that had been shelved.