A 700-bed hotel, plus an 18-hole golf course, is in the final stages of planning and authorisation at Silves Council.
The location is at Feitoria Fenícia, just west of the city and includes a long stretch of riverside along the Arade.
At a meeting of Lagoa Council last week, members of the public once again witnessed the indifference of council leaders to the destruction of one of the Algarve's few remaining wetlands - Alagoas Brancas, writes Geoff Blofeld.
Portuguese voters showed a combination of disinterest and distrust in last Sunday’s European elections.
Abstention-levels nudged 70% as many preferred the lure of the beach, while a ‘surprising’ number of voters made the effort to turn up at polling stations to deliver ‘blank’ or so-called ‘void’ ballot papers.
Over 40 firefighters – aided by 11 land vehicles and one helicopter – are battling a fire which broke out near the Armação de Pêra camping site this Monday afternoon.
A report by World Wildlife Fund and Global Footprint Network has shown that European countries countries are using the planet’s resources faster than they can be renewed. These resources include food, fiber, timber, carbon absorption and land. Portugal for example reached its annual limit last Sunday, 21 days earlier than the result for last year. Luxembourg, on the other hand, exceeded its limits back in February.
Statistics for ‘hit-and-run’ road traffic incidents are increasing. Suddenly, Portugal is registering over 1000 such incidents a year – to huge detriment of victims left to pay the damages no matter whose fault the accidents may have been . Explain reports, without ‘two parties’ involved, there can be no compensation via the Automobile Guarantee Fund – set up to compensate drivers in accidents where one or more parties have no insurance.
According to exit polls, the ruling Socialist Party was way ahead in Portugal’s European Parliamentary elections with 30% to 34% of the votes.
UK prime minister, Theresa May said on Friday morning she would step down due to her failure to deliver on the people’s vote to leave the European Union.
