A luxury resort in Portugal's Algarve is to build a dedicated accommodation complex for hundreds of its employees, complete with a swimming pool, sports facilities, a restaurant, and bungalows, as developers seek to address the persistent challenge of housing largely seasonal workers in one of the country's busiest holiday destinations.
The Portuguese Association of Ride-Hailing Transport Operators (APTAD) has come out in opposition following Albufeira Municipal Council's decision to ban the circulation of ride-hailing vehicles booked through electronic platforms, commonly referred to as TVDEs, in several parts of the town, a measure that came into force on Thursday, 23 July.
The Duchess of Sussex has shared a series of photographs from the family's summer holiday in Portugal’s Alentejo region on Thursday, 23 July, offering a rare glimpse into the couple's private life, including images of Prince Harry and their children, Archie and Lilibet.
Alcoutim Municipal Council is set to sign a cooperation agreement with the Algarve Hunters' Federation and 25 local hunting clubs and associations to strengthen rural wildfire prevention and promote the sustainable management of the municipality's landscape.
The growing number of ambulances being held outside accident and emergency departments, largely due to hospital admission waiting times across the Algarve, is seriously undermining the region's pre-hospital emergency response capacity, particularly during the busy summer months, regional authorities have warned.
Portugal's Minister for Infrastructure and Housing, Miguel Pinto Luz, unveiled on Wednesday, 22 July, the government's new airport strategy for the Lisbon region, declaring that the construction of a second airport had moved "from the decision-making phase to the implementation phase". "We dreamed of a new airport for 50 years, and today we are making it happen", he said.
A male bottlenose dolphin calf born at Zoomarine Algarve on 2 June has been named Sami, in tribute to Sam, the park's celebrated dolphin who reached the grand age of 51 and was recognised as one of the world's oldest male bottlenose dolphins at the time.
A cyber attack carried out in the early hours of Sunday, 19 July, has left several services at the Algarve Regional Coordination and Development Commission (CCDR Algarve), responsible for bridging central Government with local municipalities, temporarily unavailable.
