Portugal’s President, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, has officially scheduled next year’s looming presidential election for 18 January 2026, according to a statement published on the Presidency’s official website.
Confronted with one of Faro’s most persistent problems in his first week as mayor, António Pina announced today that he will review a €4–5 million drainage plan aimed at tackling chronic flooding in the São Luís area.
A recent article published, written by journalist Len Port has spurred on a response from Marla Barrett, an International Specialist in Immigration.
Portugal’s National Electoral Commission (CNE) has referred a series of complaints about André Ventura’s political posters, which make reference to Bangladesh and the Roma community, to the Public Prosecutor’s Office, arguing that such materials may exceed the legal limits of political propaganda.
The Portuguese Institute for Sea and Atmosphere (IPMA) placed the district of Faro under a red weather warning this Wednesday morning, 29 October 2025, as heavy rain caused widespread flooding across parts of the eastern Algarve.
A member of Portugal’s National Republican Guard (GNR), Corporal Pedro Silva, aged 50, was killed and three others injured on Monday night after a collision between a GNR patrol vessel and a civilian speedboat on the River Guadiana, a source from the civil protection authority told Lusa news agency.
The official presentation of the “Tsunami Ready” certification marked the highlight of a two-day visit by a UNESCO delegation to the municipality of Loulé, recognising the council’s pioneering work under the so-called CoastWAVE 2.0 project.
Presidential candidate Henrique Gouveia e Melo has today accused André Ventura of having entered “a whirlwind of xenophobia and racism” reminiscent of the Hitler regime, which “used the Jews as scapegoats.”
