As the ‘battle of the sunshades’ lurched like a drunkard on the sands, Portugal’s minister for environment and energy has appeared to clarify all doubts. She did so by effortlessly

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Round three of the intense debate, opened by APA environmental agency, over the rights (or otherwise) to put up a sunshade has now verged into new territory. With APA insisting

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Stretching for more than 150 kilometres along Portugal’s southern coast, the region offers a remarkably diverse beach experience. From the wild, windswept shores of the western Algarve to the calm,

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The delivery, carried out under the SEAWATCH project, will significantly boost surveillance, prevention and rescue capacity along the Algarve coastline and other key bathing areas nationwide. The fleet includes 30

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Only a few days ago, the nation’s press reported that “there is no law that prohibits people from setting up their sunshades in front of beach concessions. “Private concessions, be

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