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PM promises new hospital system for Algarve before August

Prime Minister António Costa has assured that the Algarve’s new “university hospital management system” will be implemented by the end of July.

The promise was made at the inauguration of Faro Airport’s new terminal building on Monday (

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Portugal advised to stop fishing sardines for 15 years

Portugal should impose a ban on sardine fishing for at least the next 15 years to allow stocks to “return to acceptable levels”.

The drastic recommendation was made by the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES), which

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Faro airport works complete at last

Faro Airport’s new terminal building was inaugurated on Monday (July 17) by Prime Minister António Costa, after undergoing renovations that nearly totalled €40 million.

It is described as “bigger, more modern and efficient, and better

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EU commissioner “optimistic” about Portugal’s economic growth

The European Commission is even more confident than Portugal about its economic growth this year. Economic and Financial Affairs Commissioner Pierre Moscovici praised the country for its economic and fiscal progress and said growth would probably

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Roadworks boss willing to scrap EN125’s solid white lines

The traffic nightmare caused by the EN125’s new solid white lines could soon end. Rotas do Algarve Litoral, the concession company in charge of the EN125 roadworks between Vila do Bispo and Olhão, admits it is willing to “make corrections”.

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Kennels need €50 million to adapt to "no-kill" law

Portugal’s new government forestry boss Miguel Freitas says national kennels need around €50 million to bring them into line with a law that came into effect last year (September 2016) prohibiting the culling of cats and dogs. Kennels have been

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BES patriarch Salgado writing memoirs to restore his honour

In a country where it has become glaringly obvious that the more one owes, the less one ends up paying, former BES patriarch Ricardo Salgado has been talking to the US financial press, saying that while the case into the collapse of his family

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Black day for emigrés as BES ‘compensation fund’ cuts them out

Friday July 14 was described as an “important day for investors damaged by the sale of BES commercial paper in Portugal”.

Important that is for nationals living in this country.

Any Portuguese who is resident abroad has been left

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Man fired for leaving dogs boiling to death in company van

The owner of the dogs left to roast to death in a parked van this week has been fired from his job.

According to tabloid Correio da Manhã, the man’s boss has said: “He is no longer on our list of employees.”

It didn’t help that the

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News from Portugal

 
June was third hottest since records began

Forecasts that this summer would be “hotter than usual” have been confirmed. Average temperatures in Portugal during June were the third hottest since records began (22.34ºC), and nearly 3ºC higher than normal. Only in...

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Faro Airport inaugurates new €32.8 million terminal building
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Faro Airport’s new terminal building was inaugurated today (July 17) after undergoing €32.8 milli

Roadworks boss willing to scrap EN125’s solid white lines
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The traffic nightmare caused by the EN125’s new solid white lines could soon end.

Weekend weather: “Hot and sunny”
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Another very “hot, sunny weekend” with little to no wind is forecast for Portugal though temperat

Portugal advised to stop fishing sardines for 15 years
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Portugal should impose a ban on sardine fishing for at least the next 15 years to allow stocks to

Kennels need €50 million to adapt to "no-kill" law
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Portugal’s new government forestry boss Miguel Freitas says national kennels need around €50 mill

EU cranks up pressure on Madeira’s tax-free zone
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Rumblings of discontent have been audible for some time, but now Brussels has initiated the “infr

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