The EN125 users group and representatives from Castro Marim and Vila Real de Santo António councils have had their meeting with the Director General of the Court of Auditors, to see what is holding up the Algarve's eastern section roadworks.The road is dangerous, potholed and a depressing welcome to the Algarve for travellers. Locals are beyond despair at the road surface, or lack of, and went to Lisbon to demand that the Court of Auditors explains why it has been holding up the repairs, as the government repeatedly has claimed.
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Vila do Bispo council, under the presidency of Adelino Soares, is the most transparent council in the country.
The price of property in the Algarve rose 4.9% during the first quarter of 2018, compared to the same period the year before, according to the price index tracker published by the real estate portal, ‘
The number of deaths on Portugal’s roads rose 14% in 2017 compared to the previous year, the second highest increase recorded in the European Union (EU) where the numbers fell by 2% overall.
The chairman of the Court of Auditors has presented a study on 'conflict of interest management in the public sector' which concludes that half of the respondents said they did not even have codes or ethical conduct guidelines to follow.
Golf tourism in the Algarve last year generated €370 million from golfers and supported 16,800 jobs – a total Gross Added Value of €500 million, according to a study by PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC).
Portugal’s Prime Minister is in London for two days to visit Theresa May and leaders of community groups representing some of the 400,000 Portuguese living and working in the UK.
Air France is managing to run 75% of its flights, despite its workers sixth strike day since February in support of salary increases.
