The Foreigners & Borders Service has completed an operation to dismantle an organisation run by a foreign citizen who controlled 20 brothels in various parts of the country including Quarteira and Faro.
The government has sent an email to Portugal’s householders, advising them of what to do to comply with existing fire regulations.
Portugal's 2017 'corruption in the public sector' score is 63, rising just one point in a year, a small change which Transparency International says is not statistically significant.
With debts of €137.4 million, the Portuguese entrepreneur who made a fortune in the pharmaceutical industry and was a shareholder of the now bankrupt BPN and BPP, is to surrender his not inconsiderable assets to his creditors.
Supermarket group, Intermarché, is launching an adopt-a-pet scheme and a voucher suystem for local animal adoption centres.
A large fire caused local concern as it lit up the evening sky on the eastern edge of Faro this evening.
The blaze started just before 6pm in the canes along the Ria Seco in front of the Quinta da Senhora Menina wedding venue and was visible as far away as Olhão.
Praia da Falésia, in the Olhos de Água area of Albufeira, has made it onto TripAdvisor’s ‘25 Best Beaches in the World,' the only beach in Portugal in the ranking.
The Minister of the Environment said today that the bill for cleaning up the pollution in the Tagus river, was between €1 million and €1.2 million so far, which will be paid out of the Environmental Fund.
