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Algarve’s 'The Right Juice' to debut at the Atlanta Film Festival

oranges2The Algarve film ‘The Right Juice’ will make its world premiere on March 30th 2014 at the Atlanta Film Festival, USA.

This is the first film by Kristjan Knigge, a Dane who grew up in the Algarve, and the project has been locally, funded, filmed and produced.

Government’s ‘zero licensing’ cuts red tape but raises fines

piresdelimaThe expansion of the Portuguese Government's new ‘zero licensing’ regime will strengthen the monitoring of restaurants and service sector businesses while at the same time raising the upper limit for fines.

The Economy Minister Pires de Lima today called for a change in the way the state sees businesses but local councils see their incomes dropping further as the state cancels or takes over much of their role in regulating local businesses.

Room rental agency Airbnb aims to be number one

bedroomThe room letting website Airbnb is on the march to reach its goal of being the world’s largest hotelier.

The company, began in 2008, is in talks to raise money which would value the company at more than $10bn (£6bn).

Portugal beer sales up, reversing a decade of decline

superbockimageBrewing giant Unicer managed to increase beer sales in Portugal last year, the first rise in a decade of falling consumption.

Unicer’s last bumper year was 2004, the year in which Portugal hosted the European Cup in which Portugal reached the final, losing to Greece.  

Algarve waste company in series of ‘open days’

rubbishALGAR is to open its doors to the public once a month to show what it does for the Algarve in waste disposal and recycling.

The first such day will be the 16th of April when the dedicated and the curious can ‘get to know’ the landfill site at Portimão and the facilities that serve Faro, Loulé, and Olhão. This initiative will be repeated monthly on the third Wednesday of the month.

Portimão - highest debt and highest unemployment in the Algarve

portimaocamaraThe Mayor of Portimão, Isilda Gomes, says that every day the municipality receives requests for help, "people from one moment to the next have been deprived of their income and are knocking at the door of local government."

2,000 illegal immigrants rescued

immigrantsboatItalian officials said that more than 2,000 illegal migrants had to be rescued in just two days from dangerous seas.

The men, women and children had arrived on just 20 overcrowded boats and were picked up close in the waters south of Sicily.

'Algarve Encanta' roadshow goes back to Spain

madridThe first roadshow of the year for 'Algarve Encanta' is heading to Seville, Madrid and Salamanca in a continuation of the initiative that aims to bring together 300 Spanish travel agents and opinion leaders over three days from 25 to 27 March.

The team from Portugal includes 30 Algarve-based travel agents and hoteliers who will have an opportunity of presenting their services to the carefully selected guests.