easyJet cabin crew have approved strike action from 2 to 6 October and again from 19 to 23 December, with around 500 scheduled flights expected to be affected during the first strike period.
Portugal’s Minister for the Economy and Territorial Cohesion, Manuel Castro Almeida, confirmed this week that the Algarve will be included in the Government’s plans to develop seven new major business areas across Portugal.
The Algarve’s Juventude Popular (JP), a division of one of Portugal’s most significant political youth organisations, has threatened to take legal action against 13 of the Algarve’s 16 municipalities, arguing that they have failed to ensure the effective operation of their respective Municipal Youth Councils (CMJs). According to a survey carried out by the political organisation, only Lagos, Loulé, and Portimão currently have youth councils deemed to be “functioning”.
The Municipality of Lagoa and the Just a Change Association have carried out renovation works at five homes in the municipality, benefiting 13 people experiencing socioeconomic vulnerability.
Part of the coastline in Portimão has been transformed by a thick carpet of brown algae, rugulopteryx okamurae, with tonnes of the invasive species washing ashore and covering stretches of sand.
Biometric checks for all passengers arriving in Portugal from outside the Schengen area have been running for a week, with the process operating smoothly at most Portuguese airports, with Faro the notable exception.
The Algarve Local Health Unit (ULS) has denied preventing employees from studying Medicine at the University of Algarve, while thye remain in employment.
A 45-year-old man has been remanded in preventive custody following the deaths of a French osteopath and his Romanian wife at their home in the Lagos area.
