Hotels in the Algarve celebrated the best January in 20 years, with 36,9% of hotel rooms booked in January, a figure close to the record of 40,3% set in 2000

While not providing any figures, Portugal has indicated its willingness to accept some of the migrants arriving on the Italian island of Lampedusa as part of the EU solidarity mechanism to alleviate the 'great pressure' on Italy

Lisbon Health Users Commission held a vigil outside Marvila district's unit asking for better service conditions: 50% of users do not have a family doctor and only nine professionals serve around 25.000 residents

Lisbon (+4,7%) is in the top 10 of the world fastest-growing luxury residential market, which continues to be led by Dubai (+48,8%), Tokyo (+26,2%) and Manila (+19,9%) in the annual growth table issued by platform Idealista

Nationalist far-right party Chega! has tabled a bill proposing windfall tax on bank profits to finance housing support programs through a temporary solidarity grant, arguing that it would be an "effective and fair" measure