Socialist Party (PS) politicians in Faro have questioned why the Algarve has been left out of the six strategic business areas announced by the Government this week.
Silves Town Council today formally took custody of the documentary and archival collection of the freshly-opened Cork Museum, following the signing of a donation agreement by the company that acquired the property, 16 years after the museum shut its doors.
Lisbon Mayor Carlos Moedas said today was a day to remember the victims, speaking after a ceremony one year on from the Glória funicular derailment, which claimed 16 lives and injured 24 people.
Parliament will debate next Tuesday, 8 September, a motion of no confidence in the Government tabled by the populist right-wing Chega party this week. The decision was taken on Thursday, 3 September, by the Conference of Parliamentary Leaders and, according to the body’s spokesperson, Social Democratic Party (PSD) MP Francisco Figueira, was reached by consensus, with MPs stressing the importance of debating the issue “as quickly as possible”.
A 34-year-old British woman died after being stabbed at the Alfagar Alto Da Colina, a four-star hotel in the popular resort town of Albufeira, in southern Portugal’s Algarve, on Tuesday, 1 September. The main suspect is the victim’s partner, a 34-year-old British man, who was arrested by the authorities at the scene of the crime.
Spanish investment manager Alfana Investment Management has acquired the Forum Algarve shopping centre in Faro for close to €130 million, in what is expected to be the company’s first international acquisition.
Portugal’s Minister for Internal Administration, Luís Neves, has accused Chega leader André Ventura of going beyond legitimate political scrutiny after Ventura compared him to a “gangster” and suggested he could be linked to drug dealing.
Water, European Union funding, an ageing population, and the ability, or inability, to invest will be the main determining factors for the future of agriculture in the Algarve over the next decade, this was the message of a seminar in Lagoa this week, gathering 100 farmers, public officials, business representatives, and agricultural organisations gathered to discuss ‘The Future of Algarve Agriculture in the Next Decade’.
