Today a group of Algarvean officials from a range of municipalities met to discuss the future investments and steps to be taken in order to strengthen the distribution and correct use of water in this region of the country, in an initiative that took place within the framework of the AMAL Intermunicipal Council.
MPs João Vasconcelos, Isabel Pires and José Soeiro, from the Left Bloc Parliamentary Group (BE) have today questioned the government, through the Ministry of Infrastructure and Housing, and the Ministry of Employment, Solidarity and Social Security, over dismissals and alleged contractual breaches by the airline.
In an interview with the Barlavento newspaper, the mayor of Olhão has responded to the accusations of the People-Animals-Nature (PAN) party over controversy that arose at a public town hall meeting of the Municipal Assembly of Olhão on December 19th of 2019.
Police in Lisbon have uncovered a stash of highly pure cocaine with a street value of €30 million hidden inside a shipment of bananas from Latin America.
Prime Minister Antonio Costa’s 2020 budget is set to pass in an initial vote in parliament on Friday after the Left Bloc joined other parties in announcing it will abstain.
A man has been arrested in Faro for the alleged rape and kidnapping of a British woman who escaped his clutches after leaving an SOS message in a Burger King in the Forum Algarve shopping centre.
The mayor of Portimão has said today that she respects the advice given out by the Data Protection Commission (CNPD) to go forward with the city's video surveillance project, but she defends that in 2020 “one cannot invest in outdated technologies.”
In the hills of northern Portugal close to the border with Spain, the remote village of Covas do Barroso is in the middle of what the media have referred to as “lithium fever” — a conflict between two differing visions of how to protect the environment.
- Olhão and Silves schools finding it most difficult to hire new teachers
- Olhão Mayor António Pina pushes “animal welfare to the background”, accuse PAN
- Ryanair fires 75 crew despite maintaining air base in Faro
- Flourishing Thai community spread their wings in the Algarve
- Faro Council to finally build new kennel for stray animals
- Inflation in Portugal lowest in euro zone again
- Algarve diocese expresses regrets over delay in supporting victims of Monchique fire
- Local businessman claims to have uncovered beggar slavery ring in Vila Real de Santo António”