The Portuguese are marginally less gloomy about the economy than last year, dropping three places in the raking for those countries with the most depressing outlook. 
The Bishop of the Algarve has noted the construction of a new church in Rogil, Aljezur in his Lent message and asks the faithful to contribute.
Britain’s Finance Minister is to visit Lisbon on Friday to talk ‘Brexit’ with his counterpart, Mário Centeno
The nation’s borrowers racked up €819 million in loans in just one month - December 2017, "the highest amount since December 2010," announced the Bank of Portugal today.
The Partex president, António Costa e Silva, has confirmed that the oil company is abandoning its concessions off the Algarve coastline as it prepares to continue corporate life under a new owner, the Chinese CEFC group.
The union representing court employees has accused court district bosses in Lisbon North and Faro of having ignored the justice minister’s OK that everyone should have a day off for carnival, even though it is not a national holiday.
Portugal’s coastline is to receive a battering as a warning of five metre waves has been issued by the weather service.
A driver had to be cut from his vehicle after a head-on crash on the EN125 this morning.
