Wine production in the Algarve region is expected to drop by around 10% this year compared with 2024, namely due to unstable weather conditions, the president of the Algarve Wine Commission (CVA) Sara Silva has revealed today.
The Portuguese government has approved a new law banning the wearing of the burqa and niqab in public spaces, mirroring similar legislation already in place in countries such as France and Denmark.
President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa has signed into law the new version of Portugal’s Foreigners Act, paving the way for measures that will restrict immigration to take effect as soon as the legislation is published in the Diário da República, expected as early as Friday, 17 October.
Portugal is now home to an estimated 1,543,697 foreign nationals, according to the latest report from the Agency for Integration, Migration and Asylum (AIMA).
Portugal will contribute €50 million to a joint initiative to purchase weapons from the United States for delivery to Ukraine, Defence Minister Nuno Melo announced on Wednesday following a ministerial meeting at NATO headquarters in Brussels.
A US tourist was killed and another injured during an attempted robbery in Cascais on Wednesday, according to a source from the Lisbon Metropolitan Command (Cometlis) of the Public Security Police (PSP), speaking to Lusa news agency.
The Socialist Party (PS) in the Algarve has criticised the absence of any reference to the construction of the Algarve Central Hospital in the Government’s proposed 2026 State Budget, as well as recent changes to the project team, accusing the Government of engaging in “delaying tactics.” Meanwhile, the Social Democrats (PSD) reiterated last week their “full confidence” in Prime Minister Luís Montenegro’s pledge to launch the public tender by the end of the month.
Passenger traffic at Portuguese airports rose by 5.2% in August compared with the same month in 2024, bringing total growth for the first eight months of the year to 4.9%, according to data released today by Statistics Portugal (INE).
