The Navy is on a mission to learn more about the Algarve seabed. The Andromeda hydrofoil research boat has been sailing off the Algarve coast since October 7th, with the goal of carrying out research to contribute to the mapping of marine sediments and the further description of the sedimentary rock structure of the seabed.
Environmentalists, despite agreeing wholeheartedly with the concept of rural tourism behind a recent proposal, are continuing their battle to desperately save the green region of Quinta da Rocha on the Algarve coast, close to the Ria de Alvor, from being practically demolished.
The Auchan hypermarket in Faro, formerly known as Jumbo, will set up a photovoltaic system on the roof, allowing them to shave approximately 100,000 euros per year off their electricity bill.
An elderly man who disappeared from a ward of the Portimão University Hospital Centre on the 10th of October was found dead only a few kilometres away from the hospital.
Algarve municipalities are set to sign a formal agreement this Friday, the 18th of October, in Loulé aiming at the creation of a regional cooperation network for the self-consumption of renewable energy. The ceremony will take place at 9 am at the Gama Lobo Palace.
Albufeira officials met last week at the inaugural Municipal Tourism Council meeting, where members of the Council discussed problematic issues facing Albufeira’s tourism industry, such, Brexit, the fall of Thomas Cook, and Oura nightlife.
The Algarve’s first crematorium is due to start operating in Faro in September of 2020. The construction work in the Algarve capital began this week and will supposedly take ten months to complete.
The refurbishment work of the gardens of the Olhão riverside area, next to the Municipal Markets, has been announced, and will cost the Council 1.75 million euros, a value above what was originally planned, but still below the maximum ceiling laid out in most recent public tender.
