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  • European skies open but airline schedules scrambled

    About 75 percent of flights in Europe will operate on Wednesday -- some 21,000 of the 28,000 flights normally scheduled, European air traffic agency Eurocontrol said.

    Almost all of European airspace below 20,000 feet was available, with restrictions in some
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  • Oporto to boast one of Europe’s largest ‘Welcome Centres’

    A project for what will become one of Europe’s largest tourist ‘Welcome Centres’ is currently being studied and is hoped to be fully realised by the end of 2011, in Oporto’s Praça da Liberdade.

    It’s already begun but only for a limited period. Flying from Faro for just one euro, but it’s not for everyone. It’s only for those who use the Internet.

    The Irish airline Tourism in the Alentejo could be on the verge of an unprecedented boom as work on the future Beja airport nears conclusion. It will be the culmination of a €33 million investment to convert a former military base into a international civil airport that
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  • Hollywood stars in the Algarve in 2010

    A remake of the Steve McQueen classic Le Mans, starring Brad Pitt, Al Pacino and Penelope Cruz, is due to be filmed in Portugal next year. “The filming will essentially take place in Portimão, but some scenes will also be filmed in Lisbon, Porto and Aveiro,” said Artur Curado,
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  • Portugal is world’s most welcoming country

    According to a Human Development Report by the United Nations, Portugal comes out tops when welcoming and integrating legal immigrants. It was the country that received the best classification with regards to rights and services awarded to foreign residents out of 60 countries in the report&rsquo
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  • Portugal hoping to attract F1 to Algarve circuit

    Portugal hopes a new 200 million euro (149 million pound) circuit being built in the Algarve tourist region can bring Formula One back to the country.

    Circuit director Paulo Pinheiro told Reuters on Monday that one F1 team had already booked the 4.7 km track in the south of Portugal for a
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  • Algarve International race track inaugurated

    The new ‘Algarve International Motor Park’ (Autodromo Internacional do Algarve) was opened with the Portuguese round of the World Superbike Championship.

     The Portimao race track has come in for substantial praise from both Superbike riders and team bosses, following
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