Ending years of eye-watering stench that could almost be cut with a knife, the good citizens of Olhão now can rest assured that the air they breath will be fresh, the waters of the Ria Formosa markedly less polluted and that local sewage now is being processed in a thoroughly modern and efficient manner.

The Minister of the Environment and Energy Transition, João Pedro Matos Fernandes, has inaugurated the new Faro-Olhão Waste Water Treatment Plant and associated pumping station, which together have cost €22 million.

Joe Berardo owes Caixa Geral de Depósitos (CGD) €280 million, according to revelations in a forensic audit carried out by the Government that has analysed how the State-owned bank was managed between 2000 and 2015.

CGD loaned the money to enable the businessman to buy shares in BCP, without demanding the guarantees necessary to safeguard the loan.

A group of 25 telemetry experts from across Europe are meeting this week in Olhão to implement part of the European Tracking Network, which will study the movement of fish and other marine animals.

By using electronic tags, researchers can follow migratory movement, allowing the scientists to identify habitats critical for the protection of species.

A partly-built, luxury villa in Quinta do Lago has been demolished on the orders of Loulé Council.

The original building permit was issued by the municipality for construction of a house on Lot No. 30, Loteamento do Lago in Quinta do Lago.

The new head of the Algarve Tourism Region (RTA), is running for the presidency of the other tourism body in the region, the Algarve Tourism Association (ATA).

João Fernandes (pictured) wants the two tourism entities to ‘speak with one voice’ to promote the internal and external promotion of the Algarve.

A fracture was detected at the marble quarry near Borba where the road collapsed into the quarry below, on November 19th, killing five people.

A study by a team from the University of Évora detected a fracture in 2008 and recommended that road be shut to traffic.

Claude Berda and Paula Amorim are the new owners of the tourist assets of Herdade da Comporta

The Vanguard-Amorim Properties consortium was used to buy the assets of the Herdade da Comporta Fund: Comporta Links and Comporta Dunes.

A 21-year-old man was arrested on Monday on suspicion of killing a 29-year-old woman near Quarteira this summer.

Tatiana Mestre’s partially burnt body was found in a car on scrubland on August 27th. She had been beaten, tied up, gagged, murdered and the car set alight.