The English couple at the centre of the first episode of the BBC’s “Get Away for Winter” series broadcast last month are among the ever-growing number of foreigners renting properties during the off-season, or even all-year-round.
More than 1.3 million cruise passengers entered the national ports last year, a new record and 5% up on the year before.
Brussels points out "significant deficiencies" in the management of Novo Banco when it was created in 2014, at a cost of €4.4 billion, and run under the control of the Bank of Portugal until it was sold in October 2017 to the US vulture fund, Lone Star.
One in ten Portuguese patients prescribed medicines by a doctor last year was unable to purchase them due to lack of funds.
The Group of States Against Corruption has sharply criticised Portugal’s lack of effort in removing the potential for the corruption of the judiciary and calls for greater independence of the judiciary.
At the PSD’s national conference in February, a majority of party members vote in favour of a motion for State regulating of the drug “from production to distribution to sale.” 
Rain, wind and turbulent seas are set to continue, according to the weather service at the Portuguese Institute of the Sea and Atmosphere.
From the end of Wednesday, due to an approaching front and deep depression, there will be sheets of rain across the country, often heavy and persistent.
The National Maritime Authority has warned the public to stay away from the cliffs, especially along the Algarve coastline, as stability may well have been affected by the recent rain and high seas.
