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• New law in Portugal sees fines for cigarette butt throwers

  A new law passed last year entailing fines for anyone caught throwing cigarettes butts onto the floor will come into effect next month. Transgressors could be slapped with fines ranging between €25 and €250. The law was passed on 3 September last year and also applies to establish...Read More

  12-Aug-2020

• Hopes rise for UK Portugal quarantine lift

  Portugal is said to be holding talks with the British Government again in a bid to get quarantine measures scrapped for holidaymakers returning from Portugal to the UK. At present everyone visiting the UK from Portugal must self-isolate for two weeks regardless of whether they have a Covid-1...Read More

  05-Aug-2020

• Number of UK citizens emigrating to EU has risen by 30% since Brexit vote

  The number of British nationals emigrating to other EU countries has risen by 30% since the Brexit referendum, with half making their decision to leave in the first three months after the vote, research has found. Analysis of data from the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Developme...Read More

  04-Aug-2020

• Portugal still off UK air bridge list

  Portugal remains off the list of the travel corridors that exempt passengers from quarantine on arrival in the United Kingdom, despite the British government having added five countries today. Estonia, Latvia, Slovakia, Slovenia and the St. Vincent archipelago in the Caribbean were added to...Read More

  24-Jul-2020

• Four counties in the district of Faro at maximum fire risk

  The municipalities of São Brás de Alportel, Tavira, Alcoutim and Castro Marim, in the district of Faro, on 22 June have a maximum fire risk, according to the Portuguese Institute of the Sea and the Atmosphere (IPMA). The IPMA also placed over fifty municipalities in the distric...Read More

  23-Jun-2020

• Portugal talking to Britain to secure 'air bridge' for tourism

  ​Portugal and Britain are in talks to try and secure an air corridor for tourists that would allow British visitors to avoid a COVID-19 quarantine upon returning home. Portugal’s tourism-dependent economy has been hard hit by the pandemic and subsequent lockdowns at home and abroad, a...Read More

  29-May-2020

• The 'Green Card' will not be printed in green any more in Spain as from 1st April 2021.

  After many years of working on the proposal initiated by Ofesauto, the 'Consejo de Oficinas Nacionales' (in charge of regulating the format and structure of the Green Card for the 48 countries that form part of it), finally agreed during their last General Meeting to allow this document to be ge...Read More

  27-Apr-2020

• New road signs in force in Portugal from today

  New road signs and signals come into force today in Portugal from the first major revision of the Traffic Signalling Regulation. New warning signs, regulatory signs, zone signs and information signs. For full details click here and open the pdf on the Safe Communities Portugal page. https:/...Read More

  20-Apr-2020

• Need to make a claim? All the contact details you need

  Need to make a claim? Although our offices are temporarily closed to the public, we continue working hard to ensure we deliver the best possible service to our policyholders during this Covid-19 crisis. Should you need to report a claim you have the following options: 1. Contact your...Read More

  27-Mar-2020

• COVID-19. In Gibraltar our doors may be closed but we're open for business

  Our office in Irish Town will not open to the public today and until further notice. Rest assured that whilst our doors may be closed, Ibex is very much open for business and the team is ready to help you with all your insurance needs. Whether you need a new policy or to renew or amend ...Read More

  23-Mar-2020