Body of a man discovered next to the stream in Paderne

Dr Photo - BODY OF A MAN DISCOVERED NEXT TO THE STREAM IN PADERNEThe body of a 60-year-old man was found next to the Algibre stream, in Paderne, at the weekend. The authorities were alerted at 12:08 on Saturday by a citizen who was walking along the bank of the stream and came across the corpse.

Vaccination plan to speed up

VACCINATION PLAN TO SPEED UPIn contrast to the recent record high Covid infection and death rates in Portugal, vaccinations have been slow to start, but are now expected to accelerate.

20 Year Old Arrested For Drug Trafficking In São Brás de Alportel

20 YEAR OLD ARRESTED FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING IN SÃO BRÁS DE ALPORTELFollowing an investigation related to drug trafficking that lasted six months, Faro Police have arrested a 20-year-old man for drug trafficking in the municipality of São Brás de Alportel.

Abandon the concept of ‘high-risk countries’ and instead focus on ‘high-risk travellers’

ABANDON THE CONCEPT OF ‘HIGH-RISK COUNTRIES’ AND INSTEAD FOCUS ON ‘HIGH-RISK TRAVELLERS’Entire populations are not infected and should not all be labelled as ‘high-risk’, says The World Travel & Tourism Council,  calling for governments to abandon the concept of ‘high-risk countries’ and instead focus on how individual ‘high-risk travellers’ are treated at borders. 

Algarve hotels available to receive Covid patients and relieve hospitals

The Pestana Blue Alvor hotel, which the Pestana group has in the Algarve, has been receiving people in quarantine or infected with mild symptoms, in conjunction with the regional health authorities - DR PHOTOPortuguese hotels, which at the moment are mostly closed, are being made available to help hospitals deal with the acute phase that the Covid-19 outbreak is reaching,  opening the facilities to receive patients with mild symptoms - in turn relieving health structures and prevent people who are hospitalized from becoming infected, as they are in an environment with a higher viral load.

Albufeira begins a half million Euro repaving project

Fotos D.R. - ALBUFEIRA BEGINS A HALF MILLION EURO REPAVING PROJECTThe Municipality of Albufeira has started work on the resurfacing of Estrada de Santa Eulália and adjacent streets, a project that involves an investment of more than half a million Euros.

Algarve hospital performs pioneering surgery to treat haemorrhoids

Dr Photo - ALGARVE HOSPITAL PERFORMS PIONEERING SURGERY TO TREAT HAEMORRHOIDSThe Lusíadas Albufeira Hospital is the first, and currently only, unit in the Algarve to offer a new technique that has revolutionised the treatment of hemorrhoidal disease, an innovative laser surgery for the treatment of hemorrhoids, otherwise known as piles.

Ryanair predicts "a strong return" for EU holidays in Summer 2021

RYANAIR PREDICTS A "A STRONG RETURN" FOR EU HOLIDAYS IN SUMMER 2021Ryanair boss, Michael O'Leary, spoke on BBC TV today, telling how he was "heartened" by the fact the UK expected to vaccinate everyone over 50 by the end of March, and that Europe would achieve the same by June. As a result, he forecasts Summer 2021 flights to be down just 5% on the pre-coronavirus summer of 2019.