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Portugal flying the blue flags Portugal has 372 river and coastal beaches awarded with the Blue Flag this year, 12 more than in 2020, spread across 98 municipalities, five of which enter the list for the first time. This year the Blue Flag list includes 330 coastal beaches, eight more than in 2020, and 42 river beaches, four more than last year. The coastal beaches are distributed in the North (72), Centre (29), Tagus (50), Alentejo (31), Algarve (87), Azores (45) and Madeira (16). In total, th...

Canada cancels deportation of Portuguese family Canadian authorities have cancelled the deportation of the Portuguese family which was scheduled for this Thursday, 11 February, the family’s lawyer told Lusa news agency on 10 February. “I’m not sure what happened, but we were notified by the Canadian Border Agency (CBSA) that they had cancelled the deportation order,” Jacqueline Swaisland said. Filipe Gonçalves, 40, Eva Ferreira, 39, and their son Luís Gonçalves, 15 – who have been ...