Portugal Newswatch

PORTUGAL TODAY Here's to a happy and austere New Year Another miserable week of tedious but crucial European economic manoeuvrings end...

PORTUGAL TODAY Parliament to vote on austerity measures Big day in Lisbon following Wednesday's shut-down. Parliament will vote on th...

Alex Ellis, who is soon to move on from his post as British ambassador in Portugal, is not your average fuddy-duddy diplomat. A BBC corres...

FOCUS Deepening anxiety in the Algarve Today's nationwide general strike is unlikely to do anything to dispel deeping public anxiety a...

PORTUGAL TODAY Shutdown expected in nationwide protest The two biggest unions promoting tomorrow's general strike predict it will be ...

INSIDE ALGARVE Watch out for wobbly Wednesday The nationwide general strike planned for Wednesday in protest against the Government's ...

PORTUGAL TODAY From Afghanistan to value-added tax Portugal can today afford to pause for a moment of self-satisfaction having successfull...