Portugal News

January 20, 2019

Praia dos Tomates beachside development – back to the drawing board

The president of the Libertas Group, the comopany that owns 100 hectares in the ??Várzea de Quarteira area, next to Praia dos Tomates, Albufeira, admits that the CCDR-A’s opinion was that the development that was planned there, could not go…

January 20, 2019

Sleepless night ahead for astronomers

Astronomers will be staying up late tonight, or rising early on Monday morning as tonight’s super moon will be eclipsed in a rare phenomenon that won’t be seen again until May 2021. On Sunday night, the full moon will appear…

January 20, 2019

‘Flu epidemic and low January temperatures lead to increased death rate

Influenza in Portugal remains an epidemic but was said to be ‘stable’ in the second week of the year, with an incidence rate of 48.8 per 100,000 citizens. Portugal and England have been the European countries with the highest percentage…

January 20, 2019

Faro rail link project announced yet again

Continuing a long tradition of announcing “a new rail link to Faro airport,” the government has done it again, stating that the work will be part of its National Investment Plan 2030, with the civil engineering work taking place between…

January 19, 2019

Fast track lanes at Portugal’s airports for post-Brexit British tourists

Portugal’s government has authorised the installation of dedicated UK Passport holder corridors at two of its airports to enable the smooth flow of post-Brexit holidaymakers. Prime Minister, António Costa, stated that, “Millions of Britons visit Portugal as tourists every year,…

January 19, 2019

British residents in Portugal – nothing much will change post-Brexit

At a meeting of the Socialist Party in Loulé on Wednesday 16th January, the audience was address by Dr Augusto Santos Silva, the Portuguese Minister for Foreign Affairs. As the subject of the meeting was ‘Brexit’, Michael Reeve, the CEO…

January 18, 2019

Revive programme extended to include countryside properties

The Revive programme, launched in 2016 to promote the sale or lease of old public buildings to the tourism sector, has received enquiries from about 440 interested parties, “of which 100 are foreigners,” said the Secretary of State for Tourism….

January 18, 2019

‘Green Visa’ option for Golden Visa applicants

Far from abolishing the suspiciously opaque Golden Visa programme, Portugal’s government is intent on widening the scheme by adding a new category, the ‘Green Visa.’ Parliament turned down a bill proposed by the opposition parties to abolish the Golden Visa…

January 18, 2019

Renovations and repairs commissioned for Arrifana and Odeceixe beach areas

Aljezur Council and Polis Litoral Sudoeste Society, the sister organization to Polis Litoral Ria Formosa and also ‘in liquidation’, has announced that it has commissioned work to Portinho da Arrifana and is creating a footbridge to Odeceixe beach. The deal…