Lawyers representing Sir Cliff Richard, a singer long associated with the Algarve, claim their 77-year-old client well may have suffered lasting and permanent damage to his self-esteem as a result of the BBC news coverage of a police search at his Berkshire home in 2014.
At the hearing this Tuesday, Barrister Justin Rushbrooke QC, heading up Sir Cliff’s legal team, said the singer should get “very substantial damages.”
Doctors working in the National Health Service have started a three-day strike with the Algarve’s medics supporting the national call to down stethoscopes.
The frigate Hermione entered Portimão waters this morning, accompanied by a reception committee of smaller boats.
German Rail (DB) subsidiary Arriva Spain confirmed on May 7 that it has filed a request before the Spanish rail regulator to establish international passenger services connecting A Coruña with Porto.
With launch targeted for the second or the third quarter of 2019, it would not only be the first international service in both Iberian countries according to the European Union third railway package rules but also the first open-access operation over a Spanish high-speed line.
Roadside advertising hoardings along a section of the eastern Algarve EN125 warn motorists that the road has been abandoned by the government.
As part of the Navy Day 2018 celebrations, between May 12th and 20th, many of Portugal’s lighthouses will be open to the public.
The Roman mosaic of Neptune, God of the Sea, that is on display at the municipal museum in Faro, has been elevated to the status of a National Treasure at a meeting of the Council of Ministers on May 3rd.
The Alagoas Brancas environmental group, working for a better future for the wetland area in Lagoa, ask Portuguese and foreign residents and visitors, especially those in the Lagoa Council area, to take part in the public consultation that ends on May 21st.
