Silves Market is to be renovated with the tendering process published today by the local Council.

The Council (pictured) led by Rosa Palma, stated that €808,083 is available for the complete refurbishment of the market.

GNR officers chased and arrested a man who had just robbed a woman in Vilamoura.

The robbery, on Sunday 31st of March, was carried out by a 21-year-old man with a criminal record for drug offences.

easyJet expects to deliver a first half performance in line with the guidance given in the Q1 2019 trading statement on 22nd January 2019, with an expected first half headline loss before tax of around £275 million.

Total first half revenue is expected to grow by circa 7.3% to circa £2,340 million with seat capacity increasing by circa 14.5% to circa 46.2 million as easyJet continues to strengthen its position in key markets as well as completing the annualisation of its flying at Berlin Tegel airport.

More SEF inspectors at Faro airport is part of allowing the service, "to strengthen the border entry points in line with the projected increase in the number of passengers this summer."

The Foreigners and Borders Service will increase numbers on April 1st until the end of September, at Lisbon, Porto, Faro, Funchal and Ponta Delgada airports.

Coca-Cola Energy is the first drink from Coca-Cola that will be sold in the energy drinks sector.

The new Portuguese-made product initially will be exported to Spain and Hungary as a test and, hopefully, dropped soon afterwards if consumers reject the new caffeine-fuelled concoction.

The government’s strategy to help emigrants return to Portugal, "to meet the labour needs that are currently felt in some sectors of the Portuguese economy," aims also to “deepen their relationship with their community of origin.”

Portuguese workers who emigrated and want to return to Portugal will be able to join the Regressar programme, which now is operational.

Stunning scenery is not enough to attract sufficient passengers on the Douro’s ‘Miradouro’ train service, so the railway company is shutting it down.

Comboios de Portugal (CP) has announced that the market does not value its 1950s Swiss carriages and that the service loses money since it started two years ago.

The GNR has fined the Institute of Nature Conservation and Forests (ICNF) for not clearing up the National Forest of Leiria, the first time the new laws on forest maintenance have been used by the local force.

The local GNR commander noted, "eight situations of lack of forest management in the Leiria National Forest" all of which were reported last September on the SOS Ambiente online reporting system.