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, ‘Idealista.’
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.
The concern is about Brexit and the impact Britain’s withdrawal will have on Portuguese people in the UK and on bilateral trade.
Air France is managing to run 75% of its flights, despite its workers sixth strike day since February in support of salary increases.
The TUI holiday rep, the target of an acid attack near Alvor in May 2017, has been in court in Portimão to give evidence.
The Algarve’s tourist board has launched the "Algarve Walking Season" brand to promote the hiking festivals that the region will host and which aim to promote nature tourism and to help do away with the old bugbear, ‘seasonality.’
The new brand follows a strategy that first was defined five years ago, to focus on nature tourism as a product that would generate an alternative reason to visit the region, according to João Fernandes, the vice president of the tourism body and contender for the job of president, if he can oust Desidério Silva this May.
