The union representing Portugal’s SEF inspectors considered this Wednesday that recent events over the past few months have demonstrated that there is an illegal immigration route to the Algarve, with Portugal serving as a gateway to wider green grass of Europe.
A group of 21 migrants “from North Africa” who disembarked yesterday evening in Faro, near the Ria Formosa, have already been intercepted and are now in the custody of the GNR and the Foreigners and Borders Service.
The Irish government’s recently publish safe travel list consists of a mere 13 European countries, and two national territories (Gibraltar and Greenland), all of which have an equal or lesser number of coronavirus cases per 100,000 inhabitants than Ireland: Malta, Finland, Norway, Italy, Hungary, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Cyprus, Slovakia, Greece, Monaco and San Marino.
The Socialist Party (PS) of the Algarve today publicly celebrated Prime Minister António Costa's commitment to the historic agreement reached this morning in Brussels by the European Council.
The €300 million program to boost the Algarve’s economy, announced by the Government earlier today has been received as "good news" by most, though there are some who worry that the sum may not be enough for the region to combat the COVID-19 economic crisis as effectively as hoped.
Almost the entire territory of mainland Portugal today presented a ‘maximum’, ‘very high’ or ‘high risk of fire, according to the Institute of Sea and Atmosphere, on a day in which the country has been subjected to high temperatures, thunderstorms, and strong wind.
UK health authorities handling the ongoing pandemic have looked to Portugal to talk about mass screening Covid-19 testing that has aided in preventing the spread of the disease in Portugal, and helped reduce death rates, despite the UK still not endorsing travel to the country by leaving it off of its recent air bridge list.
The 30 hospital ventilators acquired by the Intermunicipal Community of the Algarve and offered to the Algarve University Hospital Centre (CHUA) "have technical problems" that prevent them from functioning, admitted today the president of the association.
