The Portuguese government announced on Thursday, that it reached an agreement with TAP Air Portugal private shareholders, to hold 72.5% of the airline’s capital for 55 million euros, after a resolution by the Council of Ministers recognizing the public interest of keeping the airline in operation.
The PAN political party is pushing Albufeira City Council to take over the Algarve’s last bullring, with the objective being to rehabilitate the space to accommodate associations and communities in the municipality that do not yet have a physical headquarters and to create a new auditorium for concerts and open-air shows, in addition to 40 controlled-cost rental flats.
“If we applied to the world the criterion that some Member States are applying to Portugal - which is the number of new cases reported by the authorities in the last 15 days - we would have opened borders to North Korea tomorrow, which has no reported cases. It is absurd reasoning, but it serves for the spectators to understand well the lack of foundation” declared Augusto Santos Silva, in an interview to SIC Notícias this week.
Iberian neighbours Spain and Portugal reopened their border on Wednesday to all travellers after a three-month closure to prevent the spread of coronavirus, bringing relief to local business owners who have struggled to make ends meet without tourism.
Dozens of countries will be exempted from travel and quarantine restrictions on entry into the UK, but it remains to be seen whether Portugal will be included, British media reported this Thursday.
“A constant debacle”. That is how António Martins, president of the Junta de Freguesia de Alte, classifies the gatherings of people that have taken place at Queda do Vigário, forcing the GNR “to go to the place every day”.
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.
