Car production in Portugal falls by 1.3% in 2023
The Automobile Trade Association of Portugal (ACAP) revealed that car production in Portugal registered a drop of 1,3% in 2023 compared to 2022, with 318 231 vehicles produced. Despite the…
World produced 10 million tons of coffee in 2023
Volume was insufficient to meet world demand, which was supplemented with stock from previous harvests. In the coffee year 2022-2023, world coffee production was 168.2 million bags of 60kg –that…
Tourist accommodation bills more 13% and reaches its best November ever
In November, revenues from tourist accommodation in Portugal passed 329 million euros, the highest figure ever for this month. Compared to November 2022, this figure represents an increase of more…
Value of remittances sent by emigrants to Portugal equals European funds
In 2021 alone, the country received 3.6 billion euros in remittances from emigrants. In total, more than 2.6 million Portuguese live outside the country, which makes Portugal the country with…
PSP seizes suitcase at the airport with 30 doses of hashish
Last week the PSP seized a suitcase with 30 doses of hashish at Azores Ponta Delgada airport. But, no arrests were made, it was revealed today. According to the PSP…
Police search in aesthetic clinics in Mafra and Lisbon
At issue is an aesthetic intervention of lip filler with hyaluronic acid, applied by an alleged nurse, resulting in a serious life-threatening body infection that led to hospitalization and several…
Road safety campaigns return to the roads, including Motorcycles
The annual calendar of actions of the National Road Safety Authority is set. For the first time, motorcyclists will be targeted in a separate campaign. Speed, alcohol, mobile phone use,…
More than 20% of the population born in Portugal has emigrated. Low wages and housing crisis drive young people away
Sociologist Rui Pena Pires believes that low wages and the housing crisis are increasingly excuses for the Portuguese to emigrate, especially young and qualified, although a third will eventually return.…
There is a healthier type of salt
It is, most likely, the most used seasoning in kitchens around the world. However, it is also the most controversial and contradictory. Still, there are healthier versions. Algae and sea…
They rob Burger King in Queluz, injure manager and escape with money from cash register
Two men robbed this Monday at dawn, at gunpoint, a Burger King restaurant, in Queluz, municipality of Sintra, having managed to subtract the money stored in the cash register. The…