Foreigners and Borders Service officers carried out an inspection to see if workers leaving agricultural sites were registered and legally present in the country.
The answer was ‘no’ for many after vehicles were stopped in the Armação de Pêra area of the Silves municipality.
In its third year, the Festival do Contrabando is back on, from 29 to 31 March next year, linking Alcoutim in Portugal to Sanlúcar de Guadiana across the river in Spain.
The main attraction is the floating bridge that allows pedestrians to walk from one country to the other.
Brico Depôt, owned by the British group, Kingfisher with stores across Spain and Portugal, has announced that it is pulling out of the Iberian market, "to focus the strategic plan in the main markets.”
A company statement, reads, "We are committed to our transformation plan and to building a solid long-term business. As part of this commitment, we have taken the difficult decision to leave Spain and Portugal, attractive markets where we have a relatively small market share, "explains the CEO of the British group, Véronique Laury.
Portugal’s Secretary of State for Tourism said in Lisbon today that Portugal and Spain constitute the largest tourist and gastronomic destination in the world, and emphasised that the two countries "increasingly work together" to promote themselves.
"If we add Portugal to Spain, we become the world's biggest touristic and gastronomic destination and this is the example we have here today," said Ana Mendes Godinho, at the opening of the gala to present the Michelin Guide to Spain and Portugal 2019, taking place in Lisbon for the first time.
The 'holm oak of Monte do Barbeiro' has won ‘tree of the year’ in Portugal
The 150 year-old tree goes forward as Portugal’s entry in the European Tree of the Year competition that will be held in February 2019.
The University of Algarve campus was evacuated late on Wednesday morning after the police received a phone call saying that a bomb had been planted.
The threat was taken with the utmost seriousness by the Public Security Police who ensured that several of the university’s buildings on the Penha campus were cleared.
The Algarve’s waste collection and treatment company, Algar, is increasing the availability of ecopoints.
Algar stated today that it is investing in a plan to improve the quality of the service it provides to locals and visitors.
Sludge and dredged gunge from the port of Tavira are being pumped onto the sea-bed off the bathing area of Cabanas.
Fishermen and concerned locals fear that Cabanas beach will end up being polluted by the sludge as it later shifts with the tides.
