Meia Praia in Lagos is the latest beach to be invaded by a huge amount of algae, extending across practically the entire sandbank, which is around 5 kilometres long. (video)

The Algarve was chosen at this year's International Citrus Congress, which took place in South Korea from the 10th to the 15th November.

Celeste Caeiro, the lady who handed out red carnations to soldiers on their way to ending Portugal’s 40 year right-wing dictatorship, has died aged 91.

The GNR have arrested a 22 year old man for drug trafficking in Vilamoura, seizing more than six hundred doses of hashish that the man had in his possession.

Local residents of the area nearby the Cork Factory in Silves were interviewed by RTP TV channel, for their early evening news broadcast ‘Portugal em Directo’ as they protested outside Silves Camara on Friday 8th November.

Portugal has been contributing positively in its own way to the United Nations Cop29 summit in Azerbaijan. Unfortunately, the conference, which started on Monday 11th November and concludes next Friday, has been mired in controversy and a failure so far to reach essential international cooperation.

The 20 minute burst of heavy rain that fell yesterday morning (Thursday) in the Algarve, flooded roads in Moncarapacho, and cellars and shops in the Old Town area of Albufeira.

Since the implementation of contingency measures at the the Urgent Patient Guidance Centers (CODU) early this month, with the aim of reducing call handling time to the emergency number 112, INEM have reported that 18% of the total calls received at the INEM center were not medical emergencies.