The Algarve Intermunicipal Community (AMAL) and Turismo do Algarve are set to mark the reestablishment of the main crossing point on the border between Andalusia and the Algarve, in a ceremony that will take place tomorrow, July 1, at 12:15 pm, in the garden of the Tourist Office by the International Guadiana Bridge. The event will celebrate the opening of the border, be it via land or air.
The UK is currently in a diplomatic row with the Portuguese government over quarantine, as the Home Affairs minister, Eduardo Cabrita, denied the country is high risk, and claimed the UK was in a worse position in its response to COVID-19.
Hundreds of protesters marched through one of Lisbon’s main avenues this weekend shouting “Portugal is not racist”, in a demonstration organised by the leader of a far-right political party known for his derogatory remarks against ethnic minorities.
The UK is set to open travel corridors on July 6, allowing British tourists to avoid quarantine on their return to the country, with a set of European countries to be released later this week, after being delayed from today.
Just in the last decade, Portugal’s capital city has cut its energy use and climate-changing emissions, installed one of the world’s biggest electric-car charging networks and expanded cycling, walking and public green space. The shifts have eased air pollution, cut costs and this year led to the city being named Europe’s “Green Capital” for 2020 - the first such designation for a southern European capital.
Yesterday Prime Minister Costa announced the measures that are to be put in place following a Meeting of the Council of Ministers, which will shortly be published as a Decree Law.
The well-known Noélia & Jerónimo restaurant, in Cabanas de Tavira, Algarve, has been closed since last weekend, after several employees tested positive for the novel coronavirus, which gave rise to the small localized outbreak announced on Thursday by the city council of Tavira.
The Praia de Faro campsite may "open this summer" after the extensive renovation works that it is currently undergoing, Rogério Bacalhau, Mayor of Faro, revealed. Although there are still no certainties, given the delays the project suffered due to the ongoing pandemic, the council is convinced that “if things go well”, it will be possible that the opening will take place within this summer season.
