This March has been the wettest for nearly 20 years - and it’s about to get wetter as the southern section of 'depression Hugo' hits Portugal over the weekend.
Amid further observations as to the lack on monitoring and control over Portugal's Golden Visa programme, 'Transparency and Integrity' has called for its suspension, claiming that the poorly run scheme is an open door to money laundering and organised crime.
The Alcoutim Smuggling Festival was such a success last year that the councils again is linking with its Spanish neighbour to build a floating walkway across between Portugal and Spain.
The joint event, organised by Alcoutim council in partnership with Sanlúcar’s town hall, has the support of Turismo de Portugal, the Algarve’s tourist board and the 365 Algarve events programme.
A gang sending out Nigerian scam letters, aimed at victims in Germany, France, the Netherlands and Spain, were operating from Lisbon, until their arrests today.
Over 1,200 commercial cases are to be removed from the overburdened court in Olhão and taken on by a new court to be established in Lagoa.
The Fiscal Unit of the GNR has seized 7,458 liquid nicotine refills for e-cigarettes.
The man suspected of the near-fatal stabbing of one of FC Faro’s top football players has been questioned by police and remanded in custody after a brief court appearance.
Portimão council has voted on the motion "For an Algarve free of the tragedy of tolls and for the full and adequate upgrading of the EN125," presented by Left Bloc MP and local councillor, João Vasconcelos.
