A symbol of European history’ – Sagres point, jutting out into the Atlantic, a landmark for sailors for thousands of years finally has received credit in the form of a European Heritage Label (EHL).
"For the first time, there is international recognition of a heritage that everyone knows is of great importance to world history."
Tavira council, led by the Socialist mayor Jorge Botelho, has agreed to reduce its rate of Council Tax (IMI) for 2016 by 2.5% and reduce the tax charge for households with children.
The 'family IMI' reduction depends on the number of dependent children at home; 10% off for those with one child, 15 % for two and 20% for three or more.
Spain’s constitutional court has overturned a resolution for independence which had been agreed by Catalonia’s parliament.
The decision was unanimous, according to the country’s prime minister Mariano Rajoy (pictured).
Less than a week after taking office, the new Minister of Culture, João Soares, has the Miró dossier on his desk.
Time is on his side as later this month, 41 of the 85 works by Catalan artist Joan Miró will have been in Portugal for ten years and can be classified as of ‘national interest.’
Portugal’s French owned airports authority has announced a rise in charges for airlines landing at Lisbon and Oporto airports, due to 'a growth in air traffic.'
Unable to come up with any plausible reason for hiking the charges, ANA’s thinking is hardly likely to encourage growth, but takes full advantage of Portugal as a growing destination for tourists.
The GNR has promised to be more "attentive" to drivers using a mobile phone while driving.
The operation, "Smartphone, Smartdrive" runs across the country for the rest of this week and aims to inform drivers on the effects of phone use when behind the wheel.
Unemployment in the eurozone was practically stable, going from 10.8% in September to 10.7% in October this year.
This is the lowest rate recorded in the euro area since January 2012.
Portugal is full of surprises, the discovery of a unknown trilobite being the latest, as researchers at the University of Tras-os-Montes and Alto Douro confirm that an unprepossessing sample sent in for analysis is the oldest record of its type.
Aptly describing the discovery as 'historic,' the 455 million-year-old trilobite fossil was found in the Cabeço do Peão rock formation in the Macão municipality, Santarém.
