The government’s 2009 proposal to expand Portugal’s sea area by two million square kilometres is making slow, but steady, progress.
Oil exploration champion and Minister of the Sea, Ana Paula Vitorino, said today that the discussion at the UN on the Portuguese proposal is running as predicted but not to expect any news until at least 2020.
As the government working group tries to find a solution to the competing needs of those letting their properties to tourists and those that live nearby, the head of Portugal’s estate agents’ association remains exasperated.
The official start time was 16h15 on Tuesday afternoon. Spring has sprung in Portugal with lower than normal temperatures dropping further over the next two days. 
The latest Algarve transport report shows that traffic on the Via do Infante motorway increased by 16.7% in the last quarter of 2017, compared to the same period in 2016, but offers no indication of how many of these additional journeys were due to the appalling state of the eastern section of the EN125.
Banks in Europe have got the upper hand in the regulation wars, aiming to leave EU citizens with the bill for years of poor judgement and non-performing loans.
These NPLs held by European banks total €759 billion, over 5% of all loans, the banks want taxpayers to shoulder the burden.
Brazil has extradited José Manuel Gomes Leonardo, to Portugal. The career criminal is guilty of kidnapping, robbery and drug trafficking.
Having announced the closure of outlets in UK and the US, ToysRUs has declared insolvency in Portugal as it can not find a buyer for the business.
Spain’s tax authority has rejected Cristiano Ronaldo's offer to regularise his tax situation so the €15 million case will proceed to court.
