The current coalition leader, Prime Minister Passos Coelho met the President of the Republic today and after a half hour session told reporters that for reasons of stability, he fully expects to be reappointed.
Passos Coelho said it was essential that he was appointed quickly as the current political hiatus is no good for anyone.
French president Francois Hollande is attempting to capture votes for his Socialist party in a last ditch effort before regional elections in December.
He has been reaching out to voters in groups outside the usual catchment area for the Socialists, including hunters, farmers, and the police.
A poorly thought out new law has created a risk to members of the public who try and cheat.
The latest law designed to help consumers may backfire as it requires sellers to exchange gas bottles of any brand and weigh and to compensate customers for any liquid gas still inside the bottle.
High winds and torrential periods of rain have been blamed for the collapse of a car park warehouse roof in Olhão.
Roofing materials landed on and damaged 28 vehicles parked securely below.
Fifty years after a plane carrying nuclear weapons crashed in Spain, the site is to be cleared of contamination.
A US air force B-52 bomber with four hydrogen bombs on board collided with another military plane during mid-air refuelling. It crashed in Palomares, south-east Almeira, in January 1966, killing seven of the 11 crew.
The Algarve’s tourism workers who have keep the region’s hotels and restaurants running at full capacity this season have had enough.
Without a pay rise since 2007, the union has issued a strike notice for next Wednesday "for the defence of rights and the immediate increase in wages."
Ireland is planning to get rid of the one and two cent coins.
The move comes after a trial in 2013 which resulted in 85% satisfaction among consumers and 100% among retailers.
A woman travelling on an Angolan passport has been arrested on drug trafficking charges following the death of a passenger on a flight from Lisbon to Dublin.
The aeroplane was diverted to Cork airport after the man bit a passenger and had to be restrained by airline crew. He then lost consciousness and died on the flight, the suspicion being that his ingested drugs had been released into his system.
