The Environment Minister, Maria da Graça Carvalho, has criticised the previous PS Government for the failure to "take into account" the cost of the Algarve desalination plant project.

Rapid intervention by firefighters meant that a fire that broke out near a residential area in Olhão yesteray afternoon, was extinguished swiftly, without damage or injury.

Imagine waking up in the 21st century, in a developed country, a proud member of the European Union, only to find that you and your neighbors are about to lose access to something as basic and essential as water.

A male body discovered floating in the Arade River is thought to be the paddleboarder who went missing last Thursday evening, off the Port of Portimão.

Reservoir levels in the Algarve have fallen again, coinciding with global temperatures approaching record highs. The amount of water stored in all the Algarve’s river basins fell in June and again in July.

A 19 year old man has died this morning, following a dispute with another individual outside a bar in Albufeira, around 3:30 am.

Yesterday afternoon, a 31 year old man was rescued from 30 metre high rocks surrounding Caneiros beach by an Air Force helicoopter, after he was trapped there.

A 29 year old Mozambican man disappeared late yesterday afternoon, off the Port of Portimão on the Arade River, while paddleboarding with a friend.