Pedro de Britos Bogas tendered his resignation as Chairman of the Board of Directors of Carris this Wednesday, 22 October, following a meeting with Lisbon Mayor Carlos Moedas.
Portugal is expected to complete around 28,000 new homes nationwide in 2025, far below the estimated shortfall of 150,000 to 200,000 properties needed to meet demand. Property developers warn that the country’s construction capacity has reached its limit, despite government pledges to tackle the housing crisis.
Bruno Silva was arrested at his home this Tuesday morning by inspectors from the National Counterterrorism Unit. The Portuguese-Brazilian citizen, detained on 21 October, is “strongly suspected of having shared on social media a post inciting violence against a group of foreign nationals,” according to the Judicial Police (PJ).
Margarida Vilas-Boas, who holds a PhD in Geology with a specialisation in Palynology, has been awarded the 2024 Best Scientific Paper in Palaeontology and Stratigraphy by the Portuguese Palaeontology Society, in recognition of her pioneering research conducted in the Algarve.
National newspapers have dubbed him the “serial killer” of the Algarve. José Mascarenhas was sentenced to 12 years in prison for the murder of a woman in 2018. He appealed to the Court of Appeal and was released. Now, he’s back under the authorities’ scrutiny, this time accused of two more killings: two women, one a sex worker, and the other a taxi driver.
With support from the regional ALGARVE 2030 programme, Algarve Water (Águas do Algarve) is investing €74 million to strengthen the region’s water resilience, modernise supply and sanitation systems, and provide protections to aquatic ecosystems. The initiative, co-financed by European funds, aims to “ensure a more secure, efficient, and sustainable public water service for the Algarve”.
Wine production in the Algarve region is expected to drop by around 10% this year compared with 2024, namely due to unstable weather conditions, the president of the Algarve Wine Commission (CVA) Sara Silva has revealed today.
The Portuguese government has approved a new law banning the wearing of the burqa and niqab in public spaces, mirroring similar legislation already in place in countries such as France and Denmark.
