Faro MP, Cristóvão Norte, has been highly critical of the distribution of government funds that are supporting subsidised travel across the country.

According to the Social Democrat, speaking in parliament, "Lisbon receives €27 per passenger and the Algarve just over €2.”

Loulé’s mayor has come up with a variety of statements to explain a move to alter the new cycle way through Quarteira, slammed by drivers, pedestrians and the sane.

A “correction” of the Quarteira Cycleway will happen “within a week" after the controversy morphed into a demonstration.

The European Parliament has voted to confirm that UK citizens will continue to enjoy visa-free travel to member states, should there be a no-deal Brexit.

MEPs voted 502 votes to 81 in favour of the concession on the condition that EU nationals enjoy the same facility when travelling to the United Kingdom.

Duarte Lima’s luxury apartment has been sold at auction for €2.035 million as part of an insolvency proceeding.

The two apartments, a T4 and a T6, have a total area of ​​501 m2 on the 11th floor of 1 da Rua Avenida Visconde Valmor, Avenidas Novas, Lisbon.

The German supermarket group, Lidl, has opened a new store in Boliqueime, its 15th in the Algarve.

The new store will employ 23 people, bringing the total to 370 in the region.

The World Travel & Tourism Council estimates that growth in Portugal is twice as high as last year and that this growth is expected to grow more than 5%.

The WTTC estimates that the tourism sector in Portugal will grow 5.3% this year, "more than doubling the European average of 2.5%," according to the institution’s website.

The dredging of the river Gilão last November and in February 2019, was reported as highly successful with the riverbed cleared of decades of rubbish and an accumulation of detritus.

In March this year, a local man, João Diniz, launched an alert that the beach at Tavira’s Praia Deserta was covered in rubbish. Some of this was cleared up by volunteers and a local waste company, and a campaign was started to force the authorities to clear up the rest.

The Continente supermarket chain has launched a pilot project in some of its stores to provide shoppers with a sustainable alternative to the plastic bags used to pack loose fruit and veg.

Continent is running the pilot scheme until the end of April to test its alternative reusable cotton bags.