Finland has torn up its tax treaty with Portugal, stripping expatriate Finnish pensioners of their tax free status.
Faro Council has demanded that the government immediately suspends all oil and gas exploration off the Algarve coast.
Olhão’s western approach is to be remodelled to turn it from a “hitherto, little cared for zone, into a green and pleasant leisure area with gardens, urban beaches, commercial spaces and a new hotel.”
The kennels and council yard will be relocated to make way for the mayor’s €3 million building plan which will start in the first quarter of 2019.
What at first seemed like an accidental gas explosion in a seventh floor apartment in Portimão yesterday, has turned into a criminal investigation after a woman today was arrested and charged with arson.
Infrasetruturas de Portugal has confirmed that work contracts have been awarded to repair and improve the EN124 and EN396.
In a strongly worded open letter delivered in Lisbon on Thursday evening, a collection of environmental NGOs, led by PALP (Plataforma Algarve Livre De Petróleo), demanded the resignation of the Minister for the Environment, Dr. João Pedro Matos Fernandes, and of the head of the Portuguese Environmental Agency, Nuno Lacasta. 
The European Commission, through Portugal's Caixa Geral de Depósitos will make €200 million available to help business financing, an area that Brussels has identified as a key weakness in Portugal’s economy.
The 2016 animal protection laws, which finally come into force this September, prohibit the widespread slaughter of cats and dogs as a means of control.
