Fatal stabbing outside Chor Bar in Albufeira

inemA 31-year-old Cape Verdean man was fatally stabbed this morning, outside a popular bar in Montechoro, Albufeira.

The alert was raised at 6am on Sunday morning, according to a source from the Faro GNR.

Fire service refuses to work with new Emergencies and Civil Protection Authority

bombeirosPortugal’s volunteer firefighters’ National Council has voted not to send any operational information to District Relief Operations Commanders, hence cutting the National Civil Protection Authority out of the information loop, as from Saturday night.

The firefighters’ president announced that his members would "immediately abandon" the National Authority for Civil Protection management structure and have nothing more to do with it.

UK registration vehicles seized in joint GNR-HMRC customs operation

hmrcThe Portuguese authorities, in partnership with the British, have been running a joint operation in several parts of the Algarve to detect tobacco and booze tax and customs ‘irregularities.’

The Fiscal Action Unit from Faro GNR said that Operation Guardian involved the Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs, supported by the GNR and Coastal Command.

Forum Algarve attacker held in custody until trial date

ForumStabbingAntónio Damião, the man caught on video as he stabbed a man at the Forum Algarve shopping centre on 21 November, will be held in custody until his trial date.

According to the Public Prosecutor's Office, the victim is Damião’s landlord who had been demanding the payment of rent arrears.

Corbyn's Lisbon speech - May's Brexit proposal "will be rejected in Parliament"

brexitLenJeremy Corbyn has praised the Government of António Costa for breaking the ‘European austerity spell.’

The British Labour Party leader was in Portugal last Friday, clearly impressed with how Costa’s brand of socialism has turned the country around.

Corruption costs Portugal €18 billion a year

eurozoneA European Parliamentary group has worked out that corruption in Portugal is costing €18.2 billion per year, or about 7.9% of gross domestic product.

Portugal is reported to be the 11th most corrupt country in the EU ranking in monetary terms, but when measured as a percentage of GDP, Portugal is the 17th most penalised country.

Portugal - 'the best destination in the world with the worst airport in the world'

LisbonAirportThe President of the Portuguese Tourism Confederation claims that an airport urgently is needed at the Montijo air base.

"I would venture to say that we're probably the best destination in the world with the worst airport in the world," warns Francisco Calheiros, in an interview with TSF and Dinheiro Vivo.

Monchique fire aid - four months of political incompetence

FiremonchiquealightParliament has approved a lamentably tardy recommendation from the PSD, CDS-PP and Left Bloc for the Government to adopt simplified procedures to support the victims of the Monchique fire, as it did for the fires of 2017 in Pedrógão Grande.

Three resolutions were approved despite the remarkable abstention of Socialist Party MPs who thus appear to want the whole issue to crawl away and die.