Portugal News

January 16, 2019

Parliament to debate legalisation of cannabis

Parliament is to debate the legalisation of cannabis for recreational use. With one in ten Portuguese having tried the drug and with almost half a million active consumers, it may be seen as pointless continuing its classification as illegal, according…

January 16, 2019

Former Socialist Minister Armando Vara starts five year jail sentence

Former socialist minister Armando Vara has surrendered himself to the tender ministrations of Évora jail to start his five-year sentence. Vara had been convicted of three charges of trafficking of influence in the long-running Face Oculta trial. Vara today presented…

January 16, 2019

Algarve Councils take out injunction to halt Post Office closures

The Association of Municipalities Terras do Infante, ie Aljezur, Lagos and Vila do Bispo, plus Lagoa Council are going ahead with an injunction to halt the closure of the CTT post offices in Aljezur, Praia da Luz, Sagres and Carvoeiro….

January 16, 2019

Local journalist dies in Castro Marim head-on collision

A head-on collision between two cars on the EN122 at Castro Marim left two men dead this morning; one of them was the well-respected local journalist, Domingos Viegas from Jornal do Algarve. The accident occurred on the road linking Castro…

January 16, 2019

Schools budget receives €80 million boost

The Minister of Education, Tiago Brandão Rodrigues, has announced that the nation’s schools budget is to receive a boost of €80 million from community funds and additional central government spending. The Minister stressed that this new budget will allow 40…

January 16, 2019

Brexit: Brits in Portugal “will not be inconvenienced,” says Portugal’s PM

“At the next Council of Ministers meeting, on Thursday, we will approve a contingency plan to ensure that all British residents in Portugal will be assured of peace, tranquility and security and will not be inconvenienced,” said Portugal’s prime minister,…

January 15, 2019