The violence with which the INEM helicopter hit a radio mast on Saturday night, left no chance of anyone surviving the impact and subsequent crash.
A harrowing report by the air accident investigators leaves no doubt that, whether the emergency service go the crash site in good time or not – one of the disputes currently engaging the media – there would have nobody left alive to save.
The time-worn status of D. Afonso III, standing within Faro’s historic walled city, in front of the Municipal Museum, is being restored by the a specialist conservation team which will take about a month to finish the delicate work.
This statue, one of the best-known in the city, has been in need of attention for some time.
Castro Marim Council is buying six properties at Quinta da Cerca for about €220,000, with plans to turn the two largest into Santa Casa da Misericórdia day care facilities for children.
The proposal, previously rejected twice in Council meetings, was approved this time around on December 17, with the abstention of only one opposition councillor.
Never one to let a band-wagon rumble past without hitching a ride, Algarve Communist Party MP, Paulo Sá, has demanded the reopening of Estoi Post Office, which was included in the last round of closures.
Accusing CTT’s management of being "only interested in making a profit from big business and large postal distribution centres," the communist MP has penned a stiff missive to the minister in charge, highlighting local opinion that this cost-saving decision, "does not serve the interests of the population of Estoi."
Portugal is one of the European countries where consumers spend a high proportion of earnings on domestic electricity - equal to Germany.
Looking at the cost of electricity as a percentage of consumers’ standard purchasing power, Portugal and Germany were neck and neck at 0.29% per kilowatt hour (kWh), a figure that is expected to fall to about 0.20% in the case of Portugal for the current year, 2018.
Online booking website, HomeAway, commissioned the Lusófona University to study the impact on the economy of the Alojamento Local short-term tourist rental market – the result is a guesstimate of a positive €412 million injection.
This study is the first that analyses the profile of travellers using AL accommodation for their breaks, estimating that this growing class of tourists will generate ‘around’ €411.9 million, of which €133.6 million is spent on accommodation and the balance spent on food drink, gifts and travel during the stay.
If the UK crashes out of the European Union in a hard Brexit, Portugal plans to treat the British here in the same way the United Kingdom treats the Portuguese there.
Augusto Santos Silva said that the exit of the United Kingdom from the European Union, at the end of March 2019, is one of the main challenges that the government faces next year regarding overseas Portuguese communities.
Manchester United fired José Mourinho today following the club's worst ever Premier League start, the final straw being a 3-1 defeat to Liverpool on Sunday.
A caretaker manager will be appointed and will work until the end of the current season to give the club a chance to find a replacement manager with the golden touch.
