The managing company for the new Designer Outlet shopping area, ROS Retail Outlet Shopping GmbH, has appointed a Portuguese general manager.
Miguel Paraiso Guerreiro is to be responsible for the Austrian company’s first foray into Portugal when later this month, the designer area at the IKEA-owned retail site near Loulé opens its doors.
Spain’s Guardia Civil traffic division has thwarted a plan to race high-powered sports cars from Spain, through Portugal and then down to Marbella in a modern version of the Gumball Rally.
Three Dutch drivers have been arrested and eight others have been clocked at illegal speeds with several high-end cars seized.
Portugal has issued the ninth online gambling website under recently released laws, despite an underwhelming uptake for foreign entrants.
According to the Portugal regulatory body, Serviço Regulação e Inspeção de Jogos do Turismo de Portugal (SRIJ), online license number nine has been issued to Sociedade Figueira Praia, a Portugal-licensed operating casino games under the Casino Portugal brand.
Sheikh Abdulaziz bin Ali Al Nuaimi, from the United Arab Emirates, also known as ‘The Green Sheikh’ for his environmental initiatives, dropped in on Silves council to meet the mayor.
Rosa Palma, welcoming this immensely wealthy member of the Ajman Royal Family, spent time highlighting the natural wealth of the Silves area, which is rich in natural habitats and discussed her concerns regarding the preservation of the environment.
American coffee retailer, Starbucks, controls more than 15,000 stores worldwide but even this is not enough with the company determined to expand in Portugal.
The Algarve is to host two Starbucks outlets, one in the new Mar Shopping zone at the IKEA site near Loulé and the other at Forum Algarve in Faro.
A magnitude-3 earthquake struck the Algarve this evening, just after 7pm, with an epicenter about eight kilometres northwest of Portimão, according to the Portuguese weather service.
According to the institute responsible for monitoring seismic activity in Portugal, the shock was felt in a wide area and reported by several people on social media.
The government does not know whether or not there was a theft of arms and explosives from military stores near Santarém.
Catarina Martins, (pictured), the Left Bloc leader, said today that "We can not have the Government saying that it does not know if there was or not a theft from Tancos."
More than 614,000 vehicles failed their inspections last year, a 10.5% failure rate for the 5.8 million vehicles inspected in Portugal.
The National Association of Automobile Inspection Centers said that the main causes of vehicle inspection failures in 2016 were faulty lights and electrical equipment, dodgy steering, clapped out suspension and illegally bald tyres.
