The Municipal Firefighters of Olhão rescued a dog earlier this week, after the poor chap managed to get his head stuck in a metal gate.

A 74 year old man died yesterday evening, following a road collision between 3 light vehicles and a quad bike in Benafátima, Silves.

The gradual increase in supermarket prices has been a constant recently for Portuguese consumers. This week, the food basket monitored by DECO Proteste, which includes 63 essential products, registered a new increase, standing at €225.11.

A 29 year old man, who was detained in the Albufeira police station overnight last night for knife assault, was found dead in his cell this morning.

The Portuguese government will propose an increase in the national minimum wage from next year, with an increase of around 4.9%. This proposal will be presented at the Social Concertation meeting, scheduled for Wednesday, September 11th, and aims to continue the effort to increase income, one of the priorities of the current legislature.

Three men were injured yesterday, in two different hit-and-run accidents in Portimão that occurred in the city of Portimão, luckily sustaining only minor injuries.

The Judicial Police of Faro arrested a 74 year old man yesterday, suspected of attempting to kill his neighbour using a firearm, in the Alentejo municipality of Mértola.

Europe's tallest underwater mountain, the Gorringe Bank, is located 200 kilometres off the coast of the Algarve at Sagres and is currently the target of a scientific expedition.