A short-toed snake eagle (Circaetus gallicus) found grounded and unable to fly has been rescued by Portugal’s National Republican Guard (GNR) in Vila Nova de São Bento, in the Alentejo municipality of Serpa, and taken to a wildlife rehabilitation centre.
A man was killed and another seriously injured after the vehicle they were travelling in crashed on the EN387 in Faro do Alentejo, in the Beja district, at around 6am this Wednesday morning, 26 August.
Twelve people were injured, two seriously, after a car drove through pedestrians in the early hours of Tuesday morning in Albufeira’s Oura nightlife district.
Portuguese Communist Party (PCP) secretary-general Paulo Raimundo took his party’s message to the stage in the Algarve, visiting Lagoa’s FATACIL fair, before addressing a rally in Olhão, where he called for a shift in economic and social policy for the region.
An ADN reader has made us aware that there is a website called E-registo that charges for online registrations of NISS social security number.
The trial of two officers from the Olhão division of Portugal’s Public Security Police (PSP), accused of kidnapping and killing a Moroccan man in March 2024, is due to begin on 8 September at Faro Court.
Divers from the volunteer fire brigades of Moura, Serpa, and Reguengos de Monsaraz recovered the body of 44-year-old Filipe Ramalho from the waters of the Alqueva reservoir at around 11am on Monday.
Portugal’s National Republican Guard (GNR) has seized 5.3 tonnes of hashish and arrested seven men during an operation carried out over the weekend along the Guadiana River, in the Algarve municipalities of Vila Real de Santo António and Castro Marim, the security force announced today, 24 August.
- ‘We cannot continue to watch the country burn’: Environment watchdog calls for eucalyptus moratorium
- One year in, Portugal’s new border force has faced great turbulence, with ‘tremendous political and media pressure’
- Lagos: Protesters gather outside town hall, rallying against Meia Praia hotel development which puts wildlife at risk
- Algarve: GNR uncovers huge fuel cache along Aljezur coast linked to suspected international drug trafficking
- Extreme heat leaves dozens of fish dead near Armação de Pêra, as Council urgently works to fix issue
- 'Burqa ban goes ahead': Portugal’s President passes decree prohibiting full face coverings in public spaces
- Portimão ponders restrictions on e-scooters and electric bikes, in battle against dangerous parking and abandonment of rental vehicles
- Roma association considers joining case against Albufeira mayor over alleged discrimination and incitement to hatred









