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  €300 million will be spent in creating over 1,000 kilometres of cycling tracks throughout the country and improving mobility in urban areas and reducing polluting emissions. The project is divided into three segments designed to meet the needs of different types of urban agglomerates. Initially, €160 million will be allocated to 34 cycleway projects […]

  Overall, Portugal makes it into the top 10 of the Expat Insider survey, ranking an impressive 6th out of 68 countries in 2018. A high quality of life and the ease of settling in are among the reasons for expats’ high satisfaction with life in Portugal. Friendly locals and a great quality of life […]

  Dr. Miguel Guimarães, the head of Portugal’s Doctors’ Register, visited Faro Hospital in Algarve and highlighted the region’s health needs and shortages He said the government “must pay attention to the National Health Service’s ability to cater for a region which, as well as tourism and international visibility, also has a very strong private […]

  Cristiano Ronaldo has been left out of Portugal’s first squad since the 2018 World Cup. The Portugal squad will be without their captain for their Nations League match against Italy on September 10. Coach Fernando Santos previously indicated he hoped Ronaldo would continue to play, however. To get information how to get Residence permit […]

  Portugal has been named the “hottest destination of 2018” at the Virtuoso Awards which took place last week in Las Vegas, USA. Virtuoso is a network that brings together around 15,000 tour operators and travel agents from all over the world, 9,000 of which are from the US. The awards are handed out every […]

  The biggest Portugal yearly event started on Friday in Lagoa. It is one of the highpoints of the Algarve summer calendar and attended by tens of thousands of people every year. Fatacil – its official name the Fair for Handicraft, Tourism, Agriculture. Commerce and Industry – is this year in its 39th year and […]

  Portugal’s government on Thursday has approved the creation of an Authority to Prevent and Combat Violence in Sport. It also put changes to the legal system to facilitate action against violence, racism, xenophobia and intolerance at sports events. The Portuguese security forces will now have a tighter deadline to send an official report to […]

  A hydrothermal field in the Azores that was discovered last June is to be the object of further study by a joint Portuguese-French scientific expedition, aided by an underwater robot, Portugal’s Oceano Azul (Blue Ocean) Foundation announced on Friday. In June, an expedition organised by the foundation discovered at a depth of 570m, on […]

  This task is successfully solved in the town of Idanha-a-Nova. Refugees who arrived in Portugal on the quotas of the EU migrants got jobs in the agricultural sector. Six Eritreans settled in the town. Two have already received refugee status. Farmers hope that migrants will help revive their farms. Local farmers say that they’re […]

The Portuguese parliament on Friday has approved a new law allowing people to change their legal gender from the age of 16, without requiring a medical report. According to a count by the Assembly of the Republic, 109 votes were in favour compared to 106 against. Between the age of 16 and 18, the change […]