A man was rescued on Sunday afternoon, 12 October, after the small fishing vessel he was aboard sank against the west breakwater of Lagos harbour.

The Algarve branch of Portugal’s governing Social Democratic Party (PSD) has reaffirmed its “full confidence” in the government’s commitment to building the new Central Hospital of the Algarve, assuring that the project will move ahead this month as scheduled.

During the five months that are officially identified as the bathing season, Portugal’s National Maritime Authority (AMN) reported that between 1 May and 30 September, there were 1,120 rescues, 3,787 first-aid interventions, and 18 fatalities on Portuguese beaches, four of which occurred in the Algarve.

A Sikh man of Indian descent was brutally attacked on Sunday evening by a gang of neo-Nazis at a motorway service station in Aveiras, while returning from Lisbon to Alpiarça.

A group of Moroccan illegal migrants have fled their guesthouse during the night, where they had been staying under the supervision of Portugal’s Social Security authorities after reaching the maximum permitted stay in temporary accommodation centres. Their current whereabouts are unknown.

PSD leader and Prime Minister Luís Montenegro took aim at Chega on Tuesday evening, accusing the far-right party, Chega, of “talking a lot but doing little” on immigration and shedding “crocodile tears” over the issue. Speaking at a campaign dinner in Albufeira in support of José Carlos Rolo, who is seeking a second term as mayor under a PSD/CDS-PP coalition, Montenegro focused heavily on themes of security and immigration.

Portugal’s Environment Minister announced today that construction of the Algarve’s new desalination plant “will go ahead,” following a decision by the Loulé Administrative and Fiscal Court to reject a months-long injunction filed by environmental associations seeking to halt the project.

A 50-year-old man has been arrested in Albufeira on suspicion of attempted murder following a violent stabbing that left another man seriously injured yesterday, Tuesday morning (October 7).