Tavira’s Cine-Teatro in €5 million upgrade

TaviraCineTeatroTavira’s Cine-Teatro António Pinheiro is to be completely renovated and redesigned to establish a 360-seat venue which also will cater for 600 people at events.

The work, to start in April at latest, was agreed by the council and contracts now can be drawn up.

McCann con-man detective dies of drink

madeleine2A private detective accused of exploiting the search for Madeleine McCann has been found dead.

Kevin Halligen’s company, Oakley International, was taken on by Kate and Gerry McCann to help search for their missing daughter.

'Very strong' earthquake felt - Elvas schools evacuated

earthquakeAn earthquake measuring 4.9 on the Richter scale, described as "very strong" by the IPMA, occurred today, 12 kilometres under Arraiolos in Portugal and was felt in numerous locations in the Spanish region of Extremadura, including Mérida, Badajoz and Cáceres.

The earthquake was logged at 11:51, with a second event four minutes later measuring 2.5 on the scale.

Portugal's museums and monuments achieve record visitor numbers

CoachMuseumAlongside the rise in Portugal’s tourist figures last year, museum entrance numbers increased - by a laudable 8.1% - as tourists sought out monuments, palaces and museums cared for by the Directorate General of Cultural Heritage.

The overall headcount was 5,060,780 visitors to Portugal's monuments and museums last year with the most popular site being Lisbon’s Jerónimos Monastery which attracted over a million people, up 7.9% on the year before.

New baggage rules for Ryanair passengers start today, Jan 15th

ryanairRyanair’s new cabin bag policies come into effect from today, January 15th, 2018.

The changes to cabin-bag policy has triggered sporadic outbursts of anger in some Ryanair passengers, but the carrier insists that the policy benefits travellers as "departures will be more punctual."

Archaeologists demand national plan to stop wanton destruction of sites

BejaRomanDestroyedPortugal's archaeologists want to see a National Archaeological Plan put in place and for each council to have a resident archaeologist.

Keenly aware of the recent destruction at a farm in the Beja district, where contractors destroyed a Roman bridge, an aqueduct and a villa, archaeologists have launched a petition to preserve the country’s heritage.

Asian hornets resist all attempts to limit their progress through Portugal

AsianHornetFive years of pondering and two years of preventive action, to control the spread of Asian hornets across Portugal, have failed.

The Minister of Agriculture, Capoulas Santos, marvels at the insect’s "impressive" reproduction capacity and inexorable progress.

His name is Rio - new PSD leader elected

RuiRioRui Rio has triumphed in the party leadership battle and will lead the centre-right opposition to the ruling socialist party.

The former Mayor of Porto won the contest to lead the Social Democratic Party, replacing Pedro Passos Coelho.