Algarve MP Cristóvão Norte is co-authoring Bill No. 786/XVII/2, relating to payment for healthcare provided to non-resident foreign nationals. The bill was submitted to Portugal’s Assembly of the Republic just before the weekend on Friday, 25 September, according to a statement issued to journalists by PSD Algarve.
Vilamoura Marina has won the international Superyacht Marina of the Year 2026 award, presented by The Yacht Harbour Association (TYHA).
A 59-year-old German man died yesterday afternoon, 27 September, after suffering a cardiac arrest at Praia da Bordeira, in the Algarve municipality of Aljezur.
The Rope Rescue Team of the Olhão Bombeiros will represent Portugal at the UKRO (National Rope Rescue Challenge) 2026, an international technical rescue competition taking place in Nottingham, UK, from 1 to 3 October.
A 22-year-old Belgian woman was rescued this Thursday, September 24, by crew members from the Ferragudo Lifeboat Station after being swept away by a strong current and rammed against jagged rocks at Salamitras Beach, in the municipality of Albufeira. The victim suffered a leg fracture.
The Maritime Police seized two vessels, two engines, and five fuel jerrycans hidden in the vegetation along the coast of Alvor (Portimão municipality) yesterday, 24 September, suspecting they were part of a network supporting maritime drug trafficking. The same day, also in Alvor, 14 men were arrested while refuelling a vessel believed to be intended for the movement of narcotics.
The body of a 58-year-old Englishman was found floating in the sea off Pintadinho beach in the municipality of Lagoa yesterday morning. The circumstances surrounding his death remain unknown.
Christian Brueckner, the prime suspect in the Madeleine McCann case, has admitted that he was around 150 metres from the apartment where the British girl was staying in Praia da Luz on the night she disappeared in 2007. The German national, however, has again denied any involvement in her disappearance.
