The lights at the recently developed Colina do Revelim leisure are in Castro Marim have been vandalised as thieves stole the copper wiring.
Over 40 street lights were damaged beyond repair affecting the presentation of the military structure built by D. João IV which is the main attraction for tourist visiting the town. The council reckons the damage will cost thousands to repair.
For the first time in the Tivoli Hotels’ history the number of British guests has exceeded that of any other nationality.
Tivoli Hotels Portugal traditionally has been the preferred choice of Portuguese visitors but these now have been knocked into second place by the British, according to Alexandre Solleiro, the president of Tivoli Hotels & Resorts.
Swings in the pound and local price changes makes Bali the cheapest destination with the Algarve best value in Europe as a strengthening pound helps budgets stretch further in most resorts and cities.
Holiday costs for Britons were down in 70% of the 44 destinations surveyed in the Post Office Travel Money report, with prices falling by up to 30%.
Online shopping in the UK over the Christmas period was more pronounced than expected, taking retailers by surprise.
Data from the British Retail Consortium shows that non-food online retail sales grew by a massive 19.2% in December, the fastest pace since March 2010.
The structural shift in shopping behaviour from shops to online took place at a time when retail sales grew by just 1.8%.
Security guards at a Spanish supermarket are reported by have assaulted a French couple.
The wife was repeatedly punched and the husband gripped by the throat as their children watched.
The incident took place at a Carrefour hypermarket in the Costa Blanca town of Torrevieja.
Only one week into legal sales and cannabis is in short supply.
The US state of Colorado became the first to legalise the sale of the drug for recreational use. Previously, any legal sales were limited to those suffering from acute medical conditions.
An estimated 100,000 people descended on the three dozen shops so far licensed to sell cannabis since New Year’s Day.
The Church and the former Convento de Santo António dos Capuchos in Faro have been classified as a monument of public interest.
The Capuchin monks of the Província da Piedade settled in Faro in 1529 and later occupied the current convent which was completed in 1620 on land that then lay 'near the city centre.'
The church that was built as an attachment to the monastery was inaugurated in 1622 making this group of buildings some of the oldest standing in the Algarve.
Álvaro Santos Pereira has got a new job as the director of the department of Countries Studies at the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD).
It is not just the Portugal's youth that is going abroad for work, the OECD is based in Paris.
