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Major drug companies pledge cooperation for new antibiotics

fluA number of pharmaceutical manufacturers have agreed to cooperate to develop drugs to counteract the growing threat to human lives of antibiotic-resistant superbugs.

For some time it has been known that bacteria are not being killed off by the present range of available antibiotics.

New Albufeira flood defence - 'not before 2020'

albufeira2Three months after the November 1st  floods devastated downtown Albufeira last year, the repair work to its public spaces and roads is close to completion and the council has announced its plans to prevent a similar situation happening again.

While keeping its fingers crossed until 2020, the council is preparing “an efficient drainage plan.”

Monchique mayor calls in the Army

monchiqueroadarmyMonchique's mayor Rui André has drafted in the Army to repair roads in his mountainous region as rain damage and mudslides have made many impassable.

Commander of the Military Engineering Regiment, Colonel João Pires, is happy to help and has been to inspect the work.

EN125 head-on collision - British resident dies

crashA second head-on collision on the EN125 in less than a week left one dead and five injured, one of them seriously on

The stretch of road near Quinta dos Vales on the EN125 between Lagoa and Portimão bridge was closed after the accident at 2.30 on Thursday afternoon.

Portimão to Bragança air service security row escalates

gnrlogoPortimão council claims to be facing a €70,000 per year charge from the local GNR for airport security at the Alvor aerodrome.

The row broke out earlier this week as those airports on the new AeroVIP Portimão to Bragança airlink have been sent bills from their local GNR offices for security duties carried out when flights take off and land.

France emerges from stagnation but jobless rate grows

eiffeltowerThe French economy rallied over 2015 allowing the country to close its books with a 1.1% increase.

It was the largest leap in four years after three long years of stagnation.

Restaurant VAT shock - pre-election promise twisted

frenchwinefoodThe word in Lisbon is that the VAT reduction for restaurants is only on sales of food, not on accompanying wine, beer and spirits.

The country’s restaurateurs had pinned their hopes and investment plans on a reduction in both aspects of a good meal but the government, under early pressure from Brussels to fill a €700 million income gap, may be trying to weasel out of its pre-election promise.

Driverless vehicle gets first go on public road

The world’s first driverless bus has been trialled on public roads in the Netherlands.

driverlessbusWePodThe electric WePod shuttle bus went on Dutch public roads on Thursday. On board were six passengers who were taken on a short ride back and forth along the side of a late in the central Dutch agricultural town of Wageningen.