Ryanair appears to be entering a cathartic phase.

Annual inflation in the EU countries was an average of 1.3%, considerably higher than Portugal’s rate of 0.3%.

A disappointed secretary general of Portugal’s association for the hotel and restaurant sector said the board will convene a special meeting to answer the government’s insistence that VAT at 23% on meals in a sector that has nearly halved in size is somehow a good thing.

Angola's president has said ties with its former colonial ruler, Portugal, are "not well."

Portugal’s airports received 8.8 million passengers in the second quarter of 2013, 4.9% more than in the same period last year, led by Faro which was up 6.1%.

Portugal is six from the bottom of the European league for customers buying on line.

The Portuguese state has paid compensation of over €1 million as requested by the European Court of Human Rights for "moral damages" to 217 victims of slow justice.

The newly elected Mayor of Faro, Rogério Bacalhau, is determined to legalise the illegal houses of Culatra and the helipad that was built without permission or license.