Earlier today, Monday January 6th, the municipalities belonging to AMAL, the Algarve Intermunicipal Community, met with the Secretary of State for the Environment, Inês Santos Costa, in order to discuss issues such as bioresidues, selective collection of rubbish, and the introduction of systems such as domestic composting.
A new 20 million euro project overseen by Porto-based company Colossalweek, seeks to completely transform Silves’ emblematic Fábrica do Inglês which has remained abandoned for a number of years, into a 5-star apartment-hotel, also reopening at the same time the Cork Museum.
Faro Airport received for the first time just over 9 million passengers throughout last year, according to ANA- Aeroportos de Portugal.
José Leitão and Clarisse Breda, both 28 years old and residents of the Algarve, have decided to embark on pursuing a dream they’ve conceived over many years.
A wind turbine floating off the coast in northern Portugal has begun transmitting electricity to the grid. The introduction of this technology is a crucial step that could vastly increase the potential for offshore wind power, and serve as an example for future investment.
The Algarve will continue to be affected by strong winds and heavy rain from today up until Sunday, with today and tomorrow, Friday, being the two rainiest days, according to a source from the Portuguese Institute of Sea and Atmosphere (IPMA).
ERA Archaeology is a renowned archaeology firm that already has 23 years of work throughout the country. It has been investigating, for example, the Perdigões Archaeological Complex, a sacred site over 5000 years old, which was classified as a National Monument in November. In the Algarve, the firm is currently carrying out important work at Meia Praia in Lagos.
Nepalese and French foreign residents are those whose number has grown the most in the last 10 years, but the largest foreign community of residents in the region is those of Brazilian origin, according to figures released by Pordata yesterday, on International Migration Day.
