The arrest and pending extradition reported yesterday of a Briton living in Almancil (here) was of the Welsh 1980s golfing champion, Duncan Evans, who was nabbed by police on the fairway of a Quinta do Lago course.
Evans is wanted in the UK for a €22 million carousel VAT fraud after losing an appeal in June 2016.
The A4E - Airlines for Europe - association warned today of "huge delays" for incoming passengers who face queues of up to four hours at Lisbon airport and others in Spain, France, Italy and Belgium.
In today’s statement, the association noted that thousands of flights recently have had to be been postponed at European airports because of the new processing control procedures that leave many unable to get through border control in time.
A fire in a warehouse unit near the Algarve Shopping centre in Guia took hold last night but the fire service was hampered by a seriously congested EN125 road, standpipes with no water and the confusion that the firefighters had been called to a forest fire, not to a burning building.
Despite this, the Albufeira firefighters arrived in less than ten minutes but found the Neoparts warehouse fully ablaze with around 20 vehicles inside, along with tyres and car components.
After more than a month, the list of names of those who died in the Pedrógão Grande fire has been released by the Attorney General.
Despite swirling rumours and deepening suspicion that there were more deaths than originally reported, the final figure remains at 64, with the proviso by the Attorney General’s office this this figure is to "the best of its knowledge."
Anglo Portuguese police cooperation has resulted in the arrest of a man in Almancil said to be involved in a multi-million money laundering case.
The Judicial Police identified and arrested the man, thought to be a Briton, while liaising with their British counterparts.
Irish low-cost airline, Ryanair is to review its baggage policy but one of its top men is irritated that customers have become adept at thwarting the airline’s money-grabbing policies.
The airline's chief money man explained that customers are abusing the system by making their toddlers drag suitcases onboard to escape baggage fees.
Portugal’s Minister of the Sea, Ana Paula Vitorino, said today that the proposed 15-year sardine fishing ban, as proposed by the European Commission’s scientific advisors, is "unthinkable."
Vitorino, was speaking to the press during her protocol signing visit to Portimão, (here) stating that Portugal’s sardine catch for next year will be set this October after the species is monitored during August “with three scientific expeditions by staff from the Portuguese Institute Sea and Atmosphere (IPMA) to assess the state of the stock."
The Minister of the Sea, Ana Paula Vitorino and the Defence Minister, José Alberto de Azeredo Lopes, visited the Algarve on Tuesday to attend two ceremonies.
The first marked the start of safety work on sea defences and stairs at the ports of Portimão, Lagos and Sagres and to present the Costa Segura system for coastal surveillance and navigation safety.
