French authorities have seized a Ryanair plane, forcing 149 passengers off the London-bound flight.
The low-cost airline had failed to repay €525,000 of illegal public aid to the DGAC civil aviation body which sent in a bailiff, under police protection, to seize the plane on the tarmac at Bordeaux airport.
After a five year wait, Luís Carito, the former Portimão deputy mayor (pictured), the man who swallowed evidence when his Ferragudo home was searched by Police in 2013, is to face trial this coming January.
Carito is accused of money laundering, destroying evidence and using a business allied to the Council for his significant personal gain.
“While we pray for all the victims of that terrible tragedy, let us say forcefully: invest in peace, not in war,” Pope Francis said during his Armistice Day address in St. Peter's Square on Sunday.
The Pontiff called for an end to conflicts around the globe, stating, “It seems that we do not learn” from the memory of WWI and have yet to, “reject a culture of war.”
Ten people, including one child, were seriously injured after being hit by a car at the beginning of Saturday night in Rua Pinheiro e Rosa, near the centre of Loulé.
Faro's Relief Operations Command said an alert was received at 7.10 pm. The street was busy with people leaving Mass.
Portugal’s on-line shoppers increased e-commerce sales by 12.5% last year by spending €4.145 billion.
Four out of ten Portuguese shoppers now purchase online at an average rate of 15 sales annually.
Alcoutim’s Partridge Fair, to be held at Martim Longo on November 10th and 11th, now is in its 11th year and appeals to those of the hunting, fishing and shooting fraternity.
The Council and ADECMAR - Cultural Ethnographic Development Association of Martim Longo, have organised the event at the Martim Longo Municipal Sports Pavilion.
Four Portuguese hotels are among the winners of the Condé Nast Johansens 2019 Excellence Awards covering the UK, Ireland, Europe and the Mediterranean zone.
Hotel Infante Sagres in Porto won the Best New or Renovated Hotel, the Tivoli Carvoeiro was considered Best for Families, the Santiago de Alfama Hotel in Lisbon was the Best Urban Hotel, and Terra Nostra Garden Hotel in the Azores, received the Readers' Award.
Faro Council has approved its budget for 2019, with a planned spend of €39.7 million, €2 million up on the current year.
The priorities include renovating public areas and roads, improvement to the Parque Escolar, renovation of an obsolete municipal car park, support to local associations and parish Councils and pushing ahead with the application process for ‘Faro, European Capital of Culture.’
