The opposition Social Democrats (PSD) wants to scrap the new tax laws that raise rates for multiple property owners.
The so called 'Mortágua tax,' that over 200,000 taxpayers will have to pay in September, "corresponds to an attack on savings, an attack on investment, an attack on the middle class."
National banks' lending valuations for property increased in April to a new six year high with the Algarve being the most expensive region as the price per m2 is 25% higher than the country average.
The latest figures cover April, 2017, and show the average bank evaluation per m2 for housing in Portugal was €1,110, the highest value since July 2011, according to the National Statistics Institute.
The Algarve again is number one in the ranking of the world's top ten retirement destinations.
Live and Invest Overseas analysed over a dozen criteria and decided that, for the fourth year in a row, the Algarve is the best place in the world in which to spend those golden retirement years.
An illegally operated drone forced two flights to abort their landing at Lisbon’s airport, one of which ended up landing in Oporto.
"We confirm that we received information that a number of pilots reported to the Air Traffic Management Authority that there is a drone approaching runway 3, out of sight of the airport. The situation was communicated to the Police," ANA confirmed.
The thought of Olhão’s socialist party mayor failing to hang on to the council presidency in the October 1st elections has been enough to secure the support of the Prime Minister who is travelling south to open the city’s annual Seafood Festival on Thursday.
António Costa will inaugurate the 32nd Olhão Seafood Festival on August 10th, accompanied by the Minister of the Sea, Ana Paula Vitorino, and the Secretary of State for Fisheries, José Apolinário.
Were you surfing Dona Ana, Lagos on July 4th?
I was vacationing in Lagos with my family. We are from Canada. When we got to Dona Ana beach the waves were high but my three boys wanted to go in.
The concerning truth about Portugal’s emergency communications system, SIRESP, is that is has not worked properly since 2010, failing with dramatic results in the Pedrógão Grande fire of June this year in which 64 people perished.
The performance reports drawn up by the SIRESP network's own managers outline a worrying list of failures over the last seven years, failures that are triggered when the system is most needed - during storms, fires NATO summits and papal visits.
Food and business inspectorate, ASAE, has been visiting Alojamento Local (AL) tourist rental premises after cross-checking them with rental websites.
One such establishment has been suspended for "non-performance of water quality tests and not subjecting distributed water to a disinfection process."
