Silves has been placed on alert due to an increased risk of flooding following the intensification of water releases from the Funcho and Arade dams, in the Algarve.

The Mayor of Leiria, Gonçalo Lopes, said on Wednesday that it feels as though Portugal is “a make-believe country”, criticising what he described as a serious lack of communication and admitting that ...

The U.S Dollar has largely remained subdued over the last few days as the nomination of Kevin Warsh for the Federal Reserve Chairman has increased speculation of a more dovish Central Bank moving ...

Portugal is preparing for a second powerful storm less than a week after Storm Kristin killed six people and left widespread destruction, with authorities urging residents to stockpile supplies for at ...

Waste management in the Algarve is at risk of collapse, local environmental association Almargem has warned, criticising the continued expansion of landfill sites in the region and calling for urgent ...

Inflation levels have ticked up since the second half of 2025, and with inflationary risk possible to continue, RBA pushed their interest rate level up to 3.85%. Higher interest rates will put ...

The Solong, a cargo ship flying the Portuguese flag but operated by a German company, collided in broad daylight on 10th March 2025 with the Stena Immaculate, a tanker chartered by the United States ...

President of the Republic Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa has described as “impressive” the package of measures approved by the Government to support families and businesses battered by Storm Kristin.

Last week was one of the most volatile we have seen so far this year, driven largely by sharp and widespread US Dollar weakness.

Since Wednesday, following the passage of Storm Kristin, the local authorities of Leiria, Castelo Branco, Nazaré, Figueiró dos Vinhos, and Ferreira do Zêzere have called for the declaration of a state ...

The Renature Monchique project is set to reach a cumulative total of 600,000 trees planted by the end of February in areas of the Algarve’s Monchique mountains affected by the devastating 2018 ...

Around 82,000 litres of a so-called “date rape drug” have been seized by the Judiciary Police (PJ), which has dismantled a scheme producing the illicit substance. The drug gang operated in the quiet ...