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Lagoa farmer found with head smashed in

pspA farmer has been found with his head smashed in on the flat land between Lagoa and Sesmarias in the Algarve.

The police are investigating the circumstances surrounding the violent death on common grazing land at Canadá, 2 kilometres south of Lagoa, and the immediate area has been sealed off all day while a forsenic team logged the site and looked for clues.

Algarve beach in list of FT '2015 top choices'

beachcastelejoThe influential Financial Times newspaper has listed its journalists' best and worst travel destinations for 2015.

Vila do Bispo’s Castelejo is "the perfect beach" for the Pink Un’s cadre of travel journalists.

No honey in 2016 Greek budget

acropGreece has managed to agree a budget for 2016 by a margin of 8 votes.

With no end to austerity, the budget includes large spending cuts, pension and tax reforms and the perennial category, tax increases.

Media regulator to investigate newspaper closures by former BES-Angola boss

BESalgolabossPortugal’s union of journalists has lodged a complaint at the Regulatory Authority for the Media about the closure and resurrection of newspapers Sol and i, which lost €4.4 million and €3.8 million last year, respectively.

Around 100 jobs are to go at the two titles, controlled by Angolan businessman and former BES Angola chief Dr Álvaro Sobrinho, who aims to close the businesses and re-employ selected staff to run two new publications called, coincidentally, Sol and i.

Spain still exporting its citizens

airplane2Although the economy of Spain has sprouted some green shoots recently, more citizens than ever are vacating the country in favour of trying their luck abroad.

Official data shows that no fewer than 50,844 Spaniards left in the first six months of 2015.

Portugal's armed forces too broke to help against ISIS threat

soldierPortugal’s armed forces are available to lend a hand to France in the fight against the Islamic State, but there is one problem, there is not enough money to fund any such help.

Countries pay their own costs when participating in military operations and Portugal does not have enough money allocated to its military to support European and NATO missions, according to military sources.

Man jumps off Portimão bridge to avoid burning to death

fireThe search for a missing man, who leapt into the Arade river after the car in which he was travelling burst into flames, will resume at dawn on Sunday.

The blaze started at a road accident early on Saturday morning on the EN125 half way across the Ponte Nova do Arade, Portimão. An HGV and a car were in collision.

Dynamite PPP road toll agreement hidden by outgoing government

passoscoelho4The Socialist Government says that the outgoing administration did not pass it the file, the one about the public having to pay for more tolls.

A new concession contract with Infrastructure Portugal, which the previous government knew all about but kept hidden, includes the June 2016 introduction of tolls on roads ‘that look like motorways,’ notably sections of the A3 and A4 in Oporto area with an income of €15 million a year, and many others.