To mark this year's Combatants Day, April 9th will see the unveiling of a monument in Jardim da Fonte, in Vila do Bispo, at a ceremony presided over by the local mayor, Adelino Soares.

The Council is to honour all the military from the municipality who died in 1918, during the First World War, the overseas Colonial War (in 1962, 1966, 1968 and 1969) and the ten Royal Air Force aviators (nine British and one Australian), who died on March 22, 1943, at Praia do Tonel, in Sagres.

SHARE Algarve, the international conference on Marketing and Innovation that took place in Vilamoura last Tuesday and Wednesday, attracted over 600 delegates who listened and learned from 45 speakers representing nine different nationalities.

The conference dealt with various trends such as: influencers, innovation, e-commerce, social networks, conversion, digital transformation, new technologies in tourism, hotel and for real estate companies.

The Ombudsman has handled a 40% increase, between 2017 and 2018, in complaints about the collection of social security debts and has ordered urgent inspections into misuse of the process at several offices, including the one in Faro.

Between 2016 and 2018, 592 complaints were received from citizens who had been subjected to the dreaded ‘coercive collection’ system.

Despite record write-offs, covered by Portugal’s Resolution Fund and the Treasury, the head of Novo Banco received a 16% increases in his salary in 2018.

António Ramalho’s salary rose to €382,000 last year, according to the annual report and accounts published this Friday.

The French public has cottoned on to the inequality demonstrated by Portugal’s Non Habitual Resident scheme as applied to many nationals who choose to live in Portugal and pay zero tax on their pension income.

Opinions and proposals shared on the "big debate" website - an initiative by French President Emmanuel Macron in response to "yellow vests" movement - call those French citizens who are enjoying a ten year tax exemption in Portugal "tax exiles"living in a "fiscal Eldorado.”

The GNR arrested two women, 61 and 69-years-old, and a 24-year-old man who were stealing clothing from various stores at Mar Shopping, Loulé and were spotted by security staff.
 
According to the GNR patrol, the group’s car was located and several articles of clothing were discovered that had been lifted from other stores in the Algarve.

Portuguese Government publishes legislation setting out measures protecting UK nationals in Portugal if the UK leaves the EU without an agreed deal. Details of the legislation are available below.

On 28 March 2019 the Portuguese Government published legislation that sets out measures to apply if the UK leaves the EU without an agreed deal. The new law (Law no. 27-A/2019) covers the protection and continuation of rights of British nationals and their families currently living in Portugal. It also covers access to healthcare for residents and UK visitors, access to education, exchange of UK driving licences, and the recognition of professional qualifications.

The inquest into the death of Richard Chapelow, an accounts manager from Chiswich in London, heard that he died on first day of his holiday at John Hunt's Alentejo estate bordering the Santa Clara reservoir in the lower Alentejo.

Chapelow was thrown from banana boat when it crossed a wake, and most likely drowned, although his body was decomposed when found three weeks later and the actual cause of death could not be determined.