Frey, a French company which specializes in the development and management of outdoor shopping centres, concluded the acquisition of the Algarve Shopping mall and the Albufeira Retail Park yesterday. The total cost of the acquisition was approximately 180 million euros.
Ricardo Sá Pinto, Sporting Braga manager, was identified as having been detained at Faro airport after being involved in an altercation with cabin crew on a Ryanair flight from Faro to Porto, leading to the intervention of local authorities.
In a report that was delivered this Tuesday to the Assembly of the Republic, the Algarve is one of five administrative regions proposed by the Independent Commission for Decentralization.
The commission, which is led by former minister of Industry and Technology João Cravinho, believes that it will be possible to move forward with the new administrative model as early as 2021, when the local elections are held.
Roger Clarke, 72, and his wife Sue, 71, were originally arrested on the 4th of December last year in Lisbon after allegedly trying to smuggle £2million of cocaine hidden in their cruise ship cabin. They were caught after their UK-bound ship docked in Lisbon on its way back to the Bahamas.
The White Party in Loulé, the Seafood Festival in Olhão, and the Sardine Festival in Portimão, are all some of the many cultural events happening throughout the Algarve in August.
Norte, a PSD Deputy of the Assembly of the Portuguese Republic for Faro has asked the Government to revisit the number of petrol stations which will be open and prepared for the strike. He expressed that the current plan was “blind” to the potential long-term havoc that could take place within the region.
The number of teachers below the age of 30 has fallen by 95% in the last 20 years.
According to a report by the General Directorate for Education and Science Statistics, the number of teachers below the age of 30 has fallen by 95% in the last 20 years, meaning it has dropped from 30000 to only 1000 currently working in the country, a majority of which teach at private schools.
Olhão has opened a new geocaching route, forming a piece of virtual geoart. Geocaching is a modern take on the treasure hunt, with over a million participants across the globe.
