New recipes are promised at this year's popular gastronomy festival in Castro Marim, to encourage the consumption of snails.
The Caracol International Festival also offers a diverse cultural programme between July 20th and 22nd along with Spanish, French and Moroccan cuisine.
In the last full session of parliament before the summer break, Portugal’s Prime Minister, António Costa, informed MPs that his current budget policy remains unchanged, even though his left wing support parties want a boost in public spending prior to the general election in 2019.
“After the summer, we will be preparing the last budget of this legislature and I want to be clear: we will not sacrifice what has been achieved or change the course due to the fact that it's will be less than a year to the election.”
Scientists have gone head-to-head with Portugal and Spain’s fishing fleets by again requesting a zero sardine catch next season.
The International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES) opines that only a total ban on sardine fishing off the Iberian coast will save the species from obliteration.
By the end of July, Novo Banco will have closed another 36 branches as it races to beat targets, negotiated with Brussels, four years ahead of schedule.
The Algarve is to lose branches in Olhos de Agua and São Brás de Alportel with the Beja district losing only one - in Vila Nova de Mil Fontes.
A petition, initiated by consumer champion Deco, has well over 20,000 signatures of those who are against Portugal’s banks imposing account charges for non-existent services.
It’s not only current account charges which customers are forced to pay, mortgage arrangement fees also come under the same category of paying for a service that has not taken place.
An Uber driver has been attacked by several taxi drivers in Lagos.
55-year-old Luís Amara was kicked by the group on Saturday afternoon at around 6:30 p.m. outside Lagos train station.
Thirteen churches in Tavira will be open to the public this summer as the ‘Active Holidays’ initiative is running. This activity is aimed at finding things to do for school children during the summer months.
The Churches will be open until the end of August Mondays to Friday, from 10.15 am to 12.20 pm and 2.30 pm to 5.45 pm.
A truck caught fire and was destroyed this morning (July 12) on the Via do Infante motorway at Estômbar, near Lagoa.
The vehicle - owned by the recycling company Ambigroup, based in Faro - was carrying wood and emergency services cut off the road while they dealt with the flames.
