Portugal’s Golden Visa scheme, which grants Portuguese citizenship to non-EU nationals, will soon be offered to British investors once the transition period of Brexit ends in January 2021. Until now, it hasn’t been clear whether UK residents have been eligible for the Portuguese Golden Visa, officially called the Residence Permit Programme, during the 11-month transition period of Brexit. While the UK officially left the EU at the beginning of the year, the country has remained bound to the EU’s rules, meaning it has still technically been ‘part of the club’. However, this possibility will cease to exist from January 1, 2021, meaning that British nationals should start considering ways to reside in the EU and benefit from border-free travel within the Schengen area.

The Formula 1 World Championship will return to Portugal this year 2020, and will take place betwerrn the 23rd and 25th October, 24 years after the last race, and will this time be held at the Autódromo Internacional do Algarve, in Portimão. Tickets for the event are already on sale on https://autodromodoalgarve.com/

Four dates, eight breathtaking locations and several well-known artists promise to make ALBUFEIRA SUMMER LIVE one of the hottest events this summer. It is a festival broadcast exclusively online and that can be followed on the most diverse streaming platforms, on July 17th and 31st, August 7th and 20th.

This is according to the latest 2020 Global Peace Index (GPI), by the Institute for Economics & Peace, which compiles the 'ranking' of the world’s safest countries. Portugal’s Ministry of Home Affairs has said it is happy with the results. Portugal is the third safest country in the world to live and work according to the Global Peace Index. Portugal appears in third position, after Iceland and New Zealand. In 2014, Portugal ranked eighteenth on the Index, having climbed to third position in 2019.

Exemption will remain for those who already have it but new applicants will have a minimum tax. The government is now looking to make slight changes to these benefits. The idea is to keep the benefits for those that already have it and there will be reductions on new applications.