The Rector of Porto's Fernando Pessoa University has been found guilty of fiddling €2 million but has received a suspended prison sentence - it seems he is quite posh and well-connected.
Portugal’s restaurants and hotels have registered a welcome number of job increases as at the end of the first quarter of 2018, according to data released by the National Institute of Statistics.
The Communist Pary’s offical parliamentary request, that a new prison be built in the Algarve, has been approved.
Three external tailwinds turn into headwinds for Spain’s economy - with impeccable timing, all at the same time.
The Spanish economy has been growing at a fair clip since emerging from the deepest depths of recession at the tail-end of 2013. But the good times could soon be over, as the external economic environment becomes a lot less amenable to its needs, writes Don Quijones from Wolf Street.
The French-owned mobile phone service provider, MEO, has been testing a new fire alert SMS messaging service in response to the communications breakdown during last summer’s devastating forest fires.
The ferry that used to ply the route between Portimão and Funchal, in Madeira, has been selected by the Empresa de Navegação Madeirense which is set to operate the route this summer.
Faro’s mayor has warned parliament of the negative impact of the current raft of proposals to change the rules for the short-term rental of accommodation to tourists.
Maritime Police officers from Faro spent part of last Sunday, May 13, trying to nab those sellers who tout all sorts of tat to tourists on the beach, mostly operating without a licence.
