The Portuguese Navy have proudly announced that Algarve Navy soldier, Vera Reis ran a 100 km trail race in less than 12 hours, setting a new women's record.
The Director-General of Health warned this Wednesday that the number of cases of covid-19 remains high and reinforced the appeal for the population to adopt protective measures, such as the use of a mask, during the Easter period.
If you have lived in Portugal for less than 5 years, and you have an EU certificate from the town hall (CREU), the expiry date on your new Withdrawal Agreement residence card may not be the date on which you will have been resident in Portugal for 5 years in total, therefore on which you are eligible for permanent resident status.
The Algarve hotel industry have high expectations for Easter, with figures already slightly exceeding those of 2019. Could this be the best summer ever in the Algarve?
Since the beginning of the Ukraine-Russia war on February 24th, two dozen cases of trafficking have been reported to the SEF, including the disappearance of minors from Ukraine.
A plane travelling from the UK to Morocco made an emergency landing yesterday at Faro airport, after the pilot felt unwell and required medical assistance.
The price of a litre of fuel should fall, as of this Monday 11th April, by 7 cents on diesel and by 5 cents on gasoline, according to the new Government measures.
The Prime Minister has announced that this Friday, April 8th, a new package of measures aimed at containing fuel prices will come in to play, which includes the reduction of the ISP fee (tax on petroleum products), applying the intermediate VAT rate (13%) to fuel prices, instead of the 23% rate.
- Taxpayers begin receiving IRS refunds today
- March rain eased extreme drought situation in some areas
- President of Civil Protection warns that fire prevention “is still not enough”
- Tavira: Elderly man is fatally run over by train
- Seven arrested for drug trafficking in Algarve and Baixo Alentejo
- GNR seize over 8000 litres of illegal Medronho
- Madeleine inquiry in the UK - questions still needing answers
- Continente supermarkets are target of computer attack