The British trainee pilot who died in October 2017 after his ultralite aircraft crashed near Quelfes, Olhão, was not authorised to fly in Portugal, nor was the aircraft that took off from an unlicensed runway.
The stark conclusions are contained in accident report now published by Portugal’s air accident inspectorate, GPIAAF.
A 16-year-old teenager, thought to be Portuguese, plunged to his death from the Rocha Negra cliff to the east of Praia da Luz, in Lagos.
The only witness was a girl who was with him on the clifftop who raised the alarm at around 7.00 pm on Tuesday evening after the 100 metre fall.
The foreboding prison fortress in Peniche, closed down at dawn on April 27th 1974, is a step closer to being turned into a museum so that, "new generations should not forget."
A €3.4 million spend was agreed in April and the winner of the architectural competition now has been announced.
George Soros, the Hungarian-American billionaire investment fund manager is backing an initiative for a second Brexit referendum.
'Best for Britain' will start “in the next few days,” according to Soros, speaking at an event held by the European Council for Foreign Relations think tank in Paris on Tuesday.
Evelop, the airline company of the Spanish group Ávoris, which in Portugal owns Jolidey and the Halcon network of travel agencies, has moved some charter operations to Beja Airport but only during June.
Lisbon to Tenerife flights, scheduled for June 11, 18 and 25, will take off from Beja Airport after passengers have been transported by coach from Lisbon.
House prices in Portugal have skyrocketed - the median value of homes sold has risen 7.6% in one year.
Luís Lima, the head of the nation’s estate agents association, APEMIP, says he is worried about the ever-rising prices, especially in city centres.
Portugal's MPs have rejected the four euthanasia bills they have been considering. After today's free vote, there will be no introduction of medically assisted death in Portugal.
As soon as the President of the Assembly, Ferro Rodrigues, announced the vote, many opposition MPs applauded.
Three men from India, living in the Algarve, have been accused of being involved in illegal immigration, extortion and threatening behaviour.
The Public Prosecutor's Office in Silves has charged the three men, aged between 31 and 51.
