Portugal News

January 17, 2019

e-auction system sold over 5,000 properties last year

The sale of seized goods and property through the e-auction system has raised €930 million since the scheme started in May 2016. In the past three years, more than 9,000 properties have been auctioned off, each one in lieu of…

January 17, 2019

Violent gang on trial for ten Algarve robberies in 2017

The violence used in a series of robberies in Faro, Olhão and São Brás de Alportel has shocked the prosecution lawyer as four men stand trial in Faro Court for the crimes committed in 2017. “The Public Prosecutor’s Office of…

January 17, 2019

Duarte Lima in yet another bid to avoid jail

Convicted fraudster, Duarte Lima, today lodged another appeal in an increasingly futile attempt to stay out of jail The latest appeal is to the Constitutional Court to avoid starting a six-year prison sentence handed down in the BPN-Homeland case. Three…

January 17, 2019

Olhão Council admits Outubro 5th roadworks are severely affecting businesses

The main restaurant street in Olhão, Avenida 5 de Outubro, currently being dug up, is to have more pavement space for diners. Work is progressing slowly with businesses complaining of a severe drop in low season trade. The Council, aware…

January 17, 2019

May to ‘consult widely’ in desperate attempt to create Brexit Plan B

Theresa May is still Britain’s prime minister this morning after surviving yet another day as a wholly unconvincing, ‘head of Brexit,’ aided by an opposition that fails to take advantage of the hand it had been dealt. The latest May’s…

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…