Praia da Falésia, in the Olhos de Água area of Albufeira, has made it onto TripAdvisor’s ‘25 Best Beaches in the World,' the only beach in Portugal in the ranking.
The Minister of the Environment said today that the bill for cleaning up the pollution in the Tagus river, was between €1 million and €1.2 million so far, which will be paid out of the Environmental Fund.
The Portuguese Communist Party has presented parliament with six draft resolutions to improve mobility and transport in the Algarve region, all of which are "fundamental for the development of the Algarve" and whose implementation "can not continue to be postponed."
Portugal wants to encourage more Jews to line and invest in the country, said the Secretary of State, Ana Mendes Godinho, during a visit to the US.
“We want a Jewish presence in Portugal,” said Godinho, “and we look to Jewish investment.”
The relative rental income figures are from João Queirós, a researcher and university professor who was heard this morning in Parliament by the Working Group looking at changes to the Alojamento Local, short-term rental laws: three months short-term rental income is more than the money earned from a year's permanent rental.
The Secretary of State for Forestry said today that 52% of the country is at risk of desertification - but he has several ideas to counter this, among them is a Observatory Against Desertification.
The hotel workers’ trade union warned today about low pay in the sector, saying that about 60% of hotel staff and 80% of catering workers are struggling by on the minimum wage.
Environmental organisation, Zero, has been analysing the 2016 data concerning old and scrapped cars and has “serious doubts” as to the whereabouts of 49,772 end-of-life vehicles.
