The dredging of the Guadiana river will go ahead under an agreement singed between the Portuguese and Spanish.
The Portuguese authorities and the Junta de Andalucía announced today the dredging work will start after this summer season with a goal of clearing to a depth of 3.5 metres to improve dramatically the navigability of the border river.
The controversial merging of the Algarve’s ports with the Port of Sines, 200 kilometres north in the Alentejo, created the Port Authority of Sines & the Algarve which has been in Miami while presenting Portimão’s port at Cruise Shipping Miami 2014.
This event is the most important one for the international cruise industry and brings together operators and decision makers in the growing cruising sector. This year there was a record number of participants in Miami, around 12,000, with 900 exhibitors from 127 countries.
The mayor of Portimão has laid out plans to regenerate trade in the town centre with a set of initiatives that will involve locals to 'strengthen social ties and foster community spirit.'
The 'There's Life in the City’ programme was presented by Portimão’s mayor, Isilda Gomes, at a meeting attended by dozens of local business owners.
Philatelists are likely to welcome the new ‘eBay for stamps’ being launched by rare stamp experts Stanley Gibbons.
The new auction-type website will have specialist tools for collectibles sellers, including heightened due diligence checks and escrow fund protection.
Between 2009 and 2013 the UK deported about 50 Portuguese citizens each year, according to figures released by the Portuguese government in response to a question from Socialist MP Paulo Pisco.
The chief of staff of the Minister of Foreign Affairs acknowledged that "the Portuguese community in the UK, most notably in London, has many social problems, marked for over a decade by many cases of addiction and crime."
Dolphins trained in aquatic espionage are likely to stay in the Crimea, becoming a Russian pod rather than their former status as Ukrainian.
Sevastopol has had a marine mammal training programme since 1965. Dolphins have been trained to identify underwater obstacles, locate missing kit, and fight and even kill enemy frogmen.
The burst housing bubble and recession may not have imparted lessons for Andalusia as permission has been given to complete a mammoth 21-storey hotel.
The half-built structure lies on one of Spain’s last remaining unspoilt Mediterranean beaches in the nature reserve of Cabo de Gata, Almeria.
The Portuguese Nurses' Union warned today that nursing cover at the Algarve’s Lagos hospital is on the point of collapse.
The director of the Algarve Central Hospitals management has responded to pleas for more nurses saying he is committed to “resolving the situation,” and already has asked the Ministry of Health for permission to hire more staff.
