Following news from the last few months of last year revealing that schools were experiencing great troubles in finding new teachers, we can report that students from schools in the Algarve and Greater Lisbon continue without having all necessary teachers at the start of the second term, which began this week for primary and secondary education.
PAN, the People-Animals-Nature party, has this week stated that the "attitude" of António Pina, mayor of Olhão, "has once again confirmed that not all topics are to be debated in public and, once again, the animal welfare cause has been pushed to the background".
The New Year is off to a bad start for some Ryanair employees. 75 crew members will be fired this Wednesday, January 8th, from the Ryanair air base at Faro airport. This had led to a complaint being made by the National Union of Civil Aviation Flight Personnel (SNPVAC).
An easy lifestyle, low cost of living, and friendly agreeable people are among the reasons many Thais have migrated to Portugal, choosing to live and work in the clement Algarve.
Faro Council have announced that they are finally constructing a new kennel for stray and abandoned animals. The announcement was made public after the council approved the launch of a tender for the building of an “Official Collection Centre for Animals” (Centro de Recolha Oficial Animals.)
Last month it was reported that yet again Portugal had the lowest annual rate of inflation in the euro zone, at 0.4%. The average rate for the zone as a whole increased to 1.3% from 1.0% the month prior (November), according to a flash estimate released by Eurostat, the European Union’s statistics office.
The Diocese of the Algarve has today revealed that despite 16 months having passed after the Monchique wildfires which ravaged the region, it has not yet been possible to use the 113,000 euros collected through fundraising to support the victims, a source from the religious institution told Lusa.
“There is a network of beggars suffering from human slavery in Vila Real de Santo António”, claims local businessman Luís Camarada Rodrigues. Mr. Rodrigues presented his argument to the public on social media this weekend, in the “VRSA + Espectacular” Facebook Group of which he is an admin. In only a few hours the post generated much attention, with several people confirming that they share his suspicions.
