Not a good idea when on holiday but it did not stop a 28-year-old British man beating up a GNR officer who had been called to an Albufeira hotel early on Monday morning after reports of a disturbance.
A British couple was arguing with such volume and aggression that the GNR was called out and, while the woman hid in the bathroom, a drunken British tourist laid into the gallant GNR patrol officer who had come to the woman's rescue.
The Minister of Culture is to have the final word on classifying the ancient Roman site of Balsa as an area of public interest, thus protecting it from further damage by invasive agricultural practices.
The process has started with an entry in Diário da República on May 9, suggesting that a 233 hectare area near Luz da Tavira in the eastern Algarve should be protected, rather than the current 53 hectares.
The British woman attacked with acid in the street in Alvor has been named as Eleanor Chessell, a travel rep working for TUI and based at the Hotel Alvor Baia.
Chessell, in her late 20s, suffered second and third degree burns over 60% of her body after two litres of acid were thrown over her in an unprovoked attack which took place on a public road between Intermarché and the Hospital Particular in the holiday resort of Alvor, Portimão.
"The worst is over for the Portuguese," according to the President of the European Parliament in an interview on Portugal’s TSF Radio News
Antonio Tajani praised the efforts that the Portuguese have made in recent years, as if the EU-imposed austerity programme had the support of Portugal’s exasperated taxpayers.
An accident at a Silves railway crossing has injured a couple in their early 80s after their pickup truck was hit by a train.
The regular service was approaching Poço Barreto station en route from Faro when it hit the vehicle at 13:33 today.
A 26-year-old man is being tried this week on charges of qualified homicide and robbery, all relating to events last September when he went on a rampage.
He is accused of murdering Delmira Miranda, 84, in Faro and of assaulting two others at separate incidents at their in Olhão and Faro.
The two Olhão building inspectors who were handed suspended sentences, after being convicted for extorting money from property owners in exchange for ‘looking the other way’ over building regulation infringements, may end up in jail after all.
The Public Prosecution Service has appealed against the suspension of the two sentences for corruption and embezzlement handed out to the two women.
The long-running farce continues with Albufeira council launching another public tender for the design, construction and operation of a crematorium.
The company chosen will be responsible for the financing, design, construction and maintenance of the crematorium, as well as for the supply, installation, maintenance and repair of all equipment and, of course, for running the long-awaited facility.
