The Court of Auditors has approved Faro council’s application to borrow more money. Faro wanted €20 million to start to repay the mountain of invoices that it has accumulated over the years under the management of former mayor, Macario Correia, some 7,000 of them.
The approval of the €16.7brings welcome relief to the council’s finances which appear to have been handled with a degree of carelessness.
British expats are said to be expressing renewed interest in buying property in the UK.
Research from Lloyds Bank found that 38% out of more than 1,000 British expats surveyed said they were planning to buy a property within two years as buy-to-let in order to increase their income while they remain abroad.
TAP flights have been shown to be the second least punctual of the 35 compared by the Civil Aviation Authority.
Monarch Airlines’ record shows it to be the carrier with the most delays.
Secret espionage files concerning World War One have now been made public and are available online.
They include interrogation reports and photographs. The documents include surveillance reports on organisations such as the Bolshevik Party, British Communist Party and The Boy Scout Association.
Lisbon and Albufeira are number one ad two top destinations for Easter holidaymakers from within Portugal and from abroad.
The analysis released by travel website Trivago is based on its site users with inbound foreigners preferring, in order, Lisbon, Albufeira, Oporto, Funchal, and Vilamoura. Portuguese travellers are heading for Lisbon, Albufeira, London, Paris and Madrid.
A growth in medically diagnosed depression in Portugal is highest for men between 55 and 64-years old, according to a newly released study.
New cases are up for both men and women as the long-running economic crisis takes its toll. Women in a younger age bracket, between 45 and 54-years old, are now most at risk according to a study by the National Institute of Health.
The tale of two Irish tourists who could not wait to leave the Algarve ended in their arrest at Faro airport
Arriving late at Faro for a flight back home, the two travellers found the boarding gates were closed and their morning flight about to depart. Undeterred, the men leapt the barriers, aiming to scoot across the tarmac to board their flight.
GNR command in Faro announced today that an illegal scrap business has been shut down in Foupana, Moncarapacho which was operating on land attached to the house of an elderly man, who now has been issued with a fine of €20,000.
The area was sealed off on Monday by the environmental protection police from Faro who fined the 85-year old owner for not having a license for waste management.
