The Portuguese government is committed to increasing revenue from tourism and the British market is a priority.
The guarantee came from the Secretary of State for Tourism Ana Mendes Godinho at the World Travel Market held in London between November 6 and 8.
The Observatory for Murdered Women has recorded 18 femicides since the beginning of 2017, the lowest number in 14 years, says a women’s union.
"This is the third year we have seen a decrease in the incidence of femicide ... we welcome the fact and we think it is a very positive development, but it is still too early to talk about a trend," said Elisabete Brazil from the União de Mulheres Alternativas e Resposta (UMAR).
An armed Spanish fugitive who had kidnapped his own children, was caught on Wednesday November 22nd, in Vila Real de Santo António by eagle-eyed Portuguese police.
This suspect was subject to a European arrest warrant issued to bring him in to face a raft of charges in Spain, including one of domestic violence.
Over a month after fires swept through trees and villages in Portugal's forested north, two men are still missing - one is presumed to be buried under a collapsed house.
The police are still investigating what happened to two men, missing since the fires of 15 October and have the support of their forensic teams but no trace of the men has been found.
Private landowners have until March 15th next year to clean scrubland and trees from around isolated properties, along roadsides and from the edge of villages. If landowners fail to do so, councils will take on the work which will have to be finished before the end of May.
The Secretary of State for Civil Protection, José Artur Neves, acknowledged today in the debate on the 2018 State Budget that there is "immense amount of work to be done" to prepare the country for next year's fire season, saying that "prevention will help instill a feeling of security for country folk, a feeling that has been absent until now."
Preparing for the exit – in what is likely to be the penultimate Budget before Brexit, the challenges for the Chancellor, both from a fiscal and political perspective, have moved into sharper focus since the last Budget in March 2017 - writes Private Fund Management in Almancil
Noting that negotiations with the EU are in a "critical phase,” Mr Hammond struck a positive tone, speaking of a "world on the brink of technological revolution" with Britain "at the forefront," whilst acknowledging the "challenges ahead."
As formal withdrawal negotiations continue, the British Ambassador Kirsty Hayes, will be in the Algarve on Thursday, 30 November, to meet members of the local British community to respond to questions and concerns about the UK’s exit from the European Union.
Ambassador Hayes will attend public sessions at Clube de Tavira from 2pm to 3pm, and the Bibiloteca Municipal de Silves from 5pm to 6pm, where she will provide an update on the current situation, and will be interested to hear of any concerns British residents might have about the possible impact of the UK’s withdrawal from the EU.
Two Algarve restaurants have been awarded two Michelin stars. The Vila Joya restaurant near Galé and the Ocean Restaurant at Vila Vila Parc near Armação de Pêra.
Portugal now has 23 Michelin star restaurants of which only five have the two-star accolade. Vista in Praia da Rocha and Gusto at Quinta do Lago’s Conrad Algarve are the only Portuguese restaurants to have been awarded a new star this year.
