The annual motorbike festival near Faro airport attracted 20,000 people and went off without any violence, bad behaviour or serious incidents despite the arrest of six drunk-drivers and one for not having a driving licence.
"The 37th International Motorcycle Rally, was a success,” according to Faro Mayor, Rogério Bacalhau, "due to the work of the Faro Motorcycle Club and the authorities involved, whose presence helped ensure that everything all went peacefully.”
Alcoutim, for so long epitomising rural poverty, is to host a new Centre in the uphill struggle against the depopulation of rural areas in Portugal.
The Council is to act as host and offer administrative support to the new organisation, CCDesert, that will see government working with 35 institutions, including universities, rural Councils, companies, public bodies and various producers’ associations.
Portugal’s ATM network is being replaced, little by little, with new Euronet machines which charge high fees and commissions without informing customers what is going on.
These foreign interlopers are springing up across the country and now can be found in most high footfall tourist areas.
The government is said to be re-assessing its pro-oil commitment and is due to make an announcement later this year.
The President of the Republic, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, spoke to reporters after a speech at the Gulbenkian Foundation which criticised the government for allowing oil and gas exploration to go ahead, against a structural shift in the energy market to renewables, and the nation’s CO2 reduction agreements.
Portugal’s Prime Minister, António Costa, has announced that seven new ships are to be built for the Navy at the Viana do Castelo shipyards,.
The PM announced the spend at the official launch of a new oceanic patrol ship in Sines.
Having now reviewed the new Alojamento Local, short-term letting, rules issue by the government this week, owners’ associations profess to be "shocked" at the changes and their predicted impact on members.
The amendments represent an "inexplicable setback" and will have a "very negative impact" on Portuguese families who depend on income from tourists rentals.
A use for Beja airport at last, with the defunct former military air base scheduled to receive the largest passenger aircraft in the world.
Portugal's Hi Fly has acquired two Airbus monsters, model A380, and plans to land one at the Alentejo airport at 17:00hrs on Monday 23rd July.
Spain has cancelled its international arrest warrants for the rebel Catalonian politicians after a Germany judge refused to approve the extradition of Carles Puigdemont.
Spain’s supreme court therefore has dropped its international arrest warrants for the rebel politicians who were wanted on charges of rebellion for declaring Catalonia’s independence from Spain last year.
