The entire public lighting system across the municipality of Monchique is to be switched to LED* lighting, according to a protocol signed on Monday, January 15th, between the City Council and EDP Distribuição.
The deal aims to replace all types of public lighting with LEDs - covering urban, rural and semi-urban areas, gardens, public parks and leisure areas.
The case dates back to August 2016, when 18-year-old Rúben Cavaco was beaten to a pulp by the twin sons of the Iraqi ambassador in Portugal, causing a tense stand-off as the attackers were covered by the rules of diplomatic immunity.
The Public Prosecutor's Office now has charged the (former) ambassador’s children for attempting to murder Cavaco in Ponte de Sor, in the Portalegre district.
Portugal’s President said some days ago what many think and few have the courage to say: WE HAVE TO CHANGE AND CREATE JOBS! - writes Jack Soifer.
The Troika imposed what already had gone wrong abroad, such as the privatisation of public services. The theory was that they would be more efficient and that the supervisory agencies would stop abuses by the dominant corporations. In the UK, the government is trying to regain control over the railways while in Sweden the privatisation of some electricity distributors is being reconsidered.
Portugal’s Economy Minister said, from the tourism fair in Madrid, that Portugal plans an increased promotional spend to attract Spanish tourists, an increase of 30% on the 2017 figure.
This market is, "very good growth and very interesting, said Cabral at Fitur, "In Spain, in particular, external promotion is growing by 30%. It was a market where were already concentrating in 2017, but in 2018 we are pushing harder because it is a market that is growing very well and is very interesting because it is growing more in value, even more so than the number of tourists."
The Algarve golf industry has started 2018 by winning two new international accolades from the magazine, ‘Today's Golfer.’
As part of the 2018 Annual Travel Awards, the Algarve won ‘Best Golf Destination in Continental Europe’ for the second year running and ‘Best Value Golf Destination in Continental Europe’ for the fifth time since 2012.
The Algarve Tourism Association rightly claims that 2017 was a record year and that the targets it had set for inbound tourism were achieved.
"According to the data to which we have had access, we can say that last year several records were beaten such as the number of guests, occupancy rates and revenues," said Dora Coelho, executive director of the ATA.
The Algarve regional trade association, ACRAL, is requesting a meeting with the management of the Spanish group Inditex to request explanations about the closure of the Zara and Pull & Bear stores in Faro’s premier shopping street,
"These are two anchor stores, essential to the dynamism of local commerce in the downtown area," the association's president Álvaro Viegas said, lamenting the closures which he says are linked to the opening of Mar Shopping near Loulé.
To compound the current woes of Portugal’s post office business, whose share price has sunk to an all time low, the number of complaints received by the regulator Anacom has almost doubled since 2015.
The delay in the delivery of mail, particularly outside large urban centers, and the waiting time to get served in a post office are two recurrent complaints.
