Efforts to return a sperm whale to deeper water have been successful as around 20 early morning beachgoers helped push the huge creature to safety.
The whale was stranded for about four hours in the shallows of Monte Gordo beach on Monday morning, January 1st, 2018.
Alison Blair, well known in the Algarve for her work at Madrugada, is listed on the New Year's Honours List to receive an MBE.
In October 2016, Alison stood down after seven years leading Madrugada, the Luz-based association that supports people with life-limiting illnesses, and their families.
A British pensioner, Robin Warde, has been missing for several days and now is presumed to have fallen from his yacht moored in the Ria Formosa lagoon and drowned.
Warde, from Southampton, had moored his yacht, Kleen Breeze, off the Island of Culatra. A mobile phone and computer were found onboard but the 65-year-old has been missing since Thursday.
Between December 22nd and 26th, the GNR intensified its road control activities as the roads, not surprisingly, were extra busy with people travelling to and within the Algarve.
During the national ‘Tranquil Christmas’ operation there were 933 accidents resulting in seven deaths, 19 serious injuries and 299 minor injuries.
The Millennium BCP Foundation has picked up the bill for the restoration of a unique altar painting in a Faro church.
After two months work by the specialist restoration company Junqueira 220, the painted canvas depicting the 'Boca de Cena' which frames the Altar of Nossa Senhora da Vitória in Faro’s São Pedro Church, is back on display.
Lagos council, apparently awash with ratepayers’ cash, is making the welcome move of paying off its government loan, thus releasing the municipality from some inconvenient restrictions.
The loan was taken out five years ago as the council, like most others, was wallowing in short and medium-term borrowings but the final payment of €2,368,421 will clear the loan taken out under the Support Program for the Local Economy (PAEL).
EDP Universal Service will lower tariffs by 0.2% in 2018, a price cut that will benefit "about 1.2 million domestic customers" from the regulated electricity market.
In a statement today, EDP Universal Service indicates that "this update will take effect on January 1, 2018", in compliance with the Regulatory Entity of the Energy Sector, which defines the tariffs applied each year.
The Algarve region has been awarded the title of ‘European Champion of the Sun - 2017’ along with the Greek island of Rhodes, for providing an average of 8.6 hours of sunshine a day.
This distinction resulted from the results of a 27 year study recently published by the German magazine, Algarve für Entdecker.
