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Two planes diverted to Faro Airport after drone spotted flying over Lisbon runway

It was shortly before 11pm on Wednesday (September 19) that air traffic controllers at Lisbon Airport spotted a drone flying over one of the airport’s runways, forcing them to suspend all flight operations for 11 minutes.

Two planes had to

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Pop icon Ed Sheeran announces Lisbon concert in 2019

British singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran will be playing his first headlining concert in Portugal in 2019. The show will take place on June 1 at the Estádio da Luz in Lisbon.

The announcement was made today on Facebook by the event promoter

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Scorching heat expected as autumn arrives

Beach weather is here to welcome autumn this weekend. Weather warnings have even been launched in many parts of Portugal due to the scorching temperatures which should reach close to 40ºC on Sunday, the first day of autumn.

According to

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Portugal’s best-preserved Roman port, believed to be 2,000 years old, discovered in Budens

It is described as the “best preserved Roman port in Portugal” and has been discovered at Boca do Rio in Budens, Vila do Bispo.

Believed to be around 2,000 years old, the ancient port was uncovered by a Portuguese-German team from the

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Hunting to be banned in Monchique’s fire blackened areas until next year

In a bid to give animal species the time and space to repopulate fire-blackened hillsides of Monchique, the government has issued a hunting ban, to stay in place until May next year.

From today there should be no ‘shooting’ - or any other

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New controversy as eight “decrepit old public buildings” risk being sold for upmarket development in Lisbon

Lisbon city council is girding itself for another bitter fight over what to do with eight ‘useless old public buildings’, one of which used to be a ‘porno cinema’.

Councillor for Urbanism Manuel Salgado - cousin of Ricardo, the former “

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“Instantaneous” bank transfers … slowly on the way

The good news is that national inter-bank transfers should now be “instantaneous” (for that read: they could take place within 10 seconds) 24-hours a week, seven days a week.

The not-so-good news is that very few of the banks that have

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Dwarf dinosaur “discovered” by Torres Vedras researchers

A team of paleontologists from the Natural History Society of Torres Vedras have been credited with “discovering” a whole new species of dinosaur, possibly “the smallest of herbivorous dinosaurs” on a global level.

The little chap was

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Taxi driver protests ‘don’t sway government’

Protests in Faro, Lisbon and Porto by taxi drivers on Wednesday may have snarled up the traffic for thousands of frustrated drivers, but they haven’t swayed the government.

The Uber law - so-called because it regulates digital platforms

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Portugal’s Cinema Festival returns in October with €2.50 tickets

Cinema tickets will cost just €2.50 during Portugal’s Cinema Festival between October 22 and 24, the cinema companies association (APEC) has announced. For those who find cinema tickets pricey, this is the perfect...

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After the humiliating defeat in the first round of the Portugal Cup, SC Olhanense travelled to Setúbal to play in-...
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