Luís Graça has been elected leader of the regional Socialist Party in the Algarve, taking over from António Eusébio.
Graça says he promises to make the regional party more lively, "with lots of debates, to get out of his comfort zone and to go and listen to people, civil society, business associations and unions."
The Vilamoura World Group, the company responsible for the stalled development of land to the west of Vilamoura, is going to MIPIM real estate fair, from March 13 to 16, in Cannes, to try and get some interest in two sub-developments it intends to start "in April."
Sales agency CBRE has been trying to sell off the Vilamoura World project, owned by US vulture fund Lone Star, in parcels or as a job lot.
News released at the end of last week by the Algarve’s mayors’ group, AMAL, stated that the vote to start the process to introduce a regional tourist tax was approved ‘unanimously’ - which turns out not to be strictly correct.
In a report on Portugal published today, the Council of Europe's anti-torture committee urges the Portuguese authorities to take determined action to prevent police ill-treatment and to provide prisoners with safe and decent living conditions.
During its 2016 periodic visit to the country, the CPT’s delegation received a considerable number of credible allegations of ill-treatment at the time of apprehension and during police custody.
A row has broken out over the amount of tax EDP paid in 2017, with the Socialist parliamentary leader asking the Government to clarify whether the effective tax rate paid was really just 0.7% and, if so, whether measures are planned for greater tax justice.
Rain, thunderstorm and strong winds associated with storm Felix were felt throughout the Algarve this Saturday with the weather station in Carvoeiro confirming a maximum speed of 122 kmph, 75mph in old money.
There is a poison jellyfish alert in place along the Algarve’s coastline, especially at eastern beaches where ‘Portuguese men’o war’ are being washed ashore after the tumultuous sea conditions of recent days.
The Minister of Agriculture said on Saturday that the damage to the 60 Algarve farms caught up in last week’s bad weather, would cost €3.6 million to rectify.
