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Trial into alleged police racism and torture (finally) gets underway

Over three years since a shocking BBC investigation exposed extreme cases of police brutality in the Lisbon neighbourhood of Cova da Moura (click here), the

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EN125 is road with most black spots in Portugal

The Algarve’s EN125, which already has a reputation for being one of the most dangerous roads in Portugal, has been singled out as the road with the most black spots in the country.

The national road safety authority (ANSR) has identified

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Brazilian ‘step-father’ who fled Portugal finally charged with murder of 15-year-old Algarve schoolboy

News from Brazil today is that Joaquim Lara Pinto, the principal suspect in the brutal death of Portimão schoolboy Rodrigo Lapa, is to stand trial for qualified murder and the “desecration”of the 15-year-old’s body.

Exactly two years and

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Lisbon Oceanarium seeks expansion go-ahead

The Blue Ocean Foundation has to negotiate with the government but everything points to it securing space to extend the capital’s award-winning Oceanarium at Parque das Nações. President of the foundation’s administrative council José Soares dos

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175,000 hectares “with high probability of wildfires”

Despite all the preparations that have gone into securing national territory against wildfires this year, 175,000 hectares remain with a “high probability” of devastating blazes.

The area involves 20 boroughs from Castelo Branco to the

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Over 1000 ‘hit-and-run’ drivers leave victims without stopping

At least 1,005 drivers abandoned traffic accidents during 2017.

Nearly half of them had run human victims over (447). Seven of those victims died, 27 were seriously injured.

The rest (519) were involved in collisions that left the

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Maëlys' body finally ready to release for burial

Nine months since she was killed by a former soldier, the body of Maëlys de Araújo is finally to be released to her Portuguese/ French parents for burial.

Detectives are now trawling back through “at least 20” unsolved cases in and around

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Ryanair worker killed in airport tragedy

A 47-year-old man employed by Ryanair in Lisbon died on Monday after being run over by a colleague parking an empty bus.

The accident happened shortly after 1pm at the airport’s Terminal Two car parking area for service vehicles.

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Tourism ‘first’ brings over a billion euros flooding into Portugal in March

Tourism in March hit the glass ceiling, raking in over a billion euros.

The figures, released by the Bank of Portugal, point to a 20.3% increase on income for March last year.

This is almost certainly helped by the fact that Easter

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Portugal’s cork millionairess joins forces with French multi millionaire to bid for Comporta

The race is on in earnest now to find a buyer for Comporta, the former ‘Espírito Santo resort’ seized in the wake of BES banking collapse. Following interest by Americans erroneously tipped to snap the indebted property...

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Alvor beach to grow 30 metres and return to the “glory days of the 1960s”

A €2 million sand replenishment project will begin after the summer in Alvor in a bid to return the beach to its “...
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Street food and typical Algarvean products will be the main themes of this year’s Algarve Chefs Week, which will...
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You Were Never Really Here

May 17, 2018

Director: Lynne Ramsay; Starring: Joaquin Phoenix, Judith Roberts, Ekaterina Samsonov; Genre:...
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Talented young artist holds exhibition in School Library

Young artist Leonor Castro Santos, a Year 9 pupil at Nobel International School in Porches, is holding an exhibition...
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Euro Weekly 18 May 2018

The pound was this week boosted by the potential certainty arising from the imminent government White Paper on...
Sport
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A soccer camp led by former English football star Rio Ferdinand will take place between Monday, May 28 and Friday,...
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