A British woman has been badly injured in an acid attack in Alvor, Portimão.

Two members of the GNR also were injured after inhaling fumes as they aided her. It is not known if the woman was a tourist or an Algarve resident.

The 400 families living on the Ria Formosa island of Culatra at last have Socialist MPs’ support in trying to find out why power to their homes keeps being cut off.

The MP have questioned the government over these mysterious outages which seem to take ages to fix for no good reason.

The Algarve’s hotel sector had a cracking Easter with occupancy rates for April up 6% on the year before.

The Easter rush helped the region's hoteliers achieve the the best figures since 2000, according to the regional hotel association.

Portugal’s Finance Minster, Mario Centeno, could oversee Portugal becoming the first eurozone country to issue government bonds in ‘renmimbi,’ the currency of China.
"It's a way to broaden our investor base and attract funding," Centeno said at the end of a three-day visit to China.

In addition to meeting with the China’s central bank, the minister had meetings with the republic’s top financial institutions including the Agriculture Bank of China and the Postal Savings Bank of China.

Consumed by the thought of a Portuguese female, a Spanish-born lynx made a 170 kilometre dash to satisfy his ardour.

Mundo, a fine example of Spanish lynxhood, born in the Doñana area, made his way across the unmanned border to mate with Malva in Serpa.

The Competition Authority has fined EDP and Sonae a total of €38.3 million, accusing the companies of agreeing an illegal ‘non-aggression pact’ in a 2012 partnership for an electricity promotion campaign.

Four companies were involved: EDP, EDP Comercial, Sonae and Modelo Continente Hypermarkets.

The average age of first time mothers in Portugal had increased to over 30 years, according to the National Statistics Institute which has registered a steady rise in average age since 1986 when the figure was 23.9 years.

The data comes out in time for Mother's Day on Sunday, May 7th.

The former President of the Republic of Portugal (1996-2006) and current State Councilor, Jorge Sampaio, is to participate in an international conference at the University of the Algarve.

‘The Cultural Heritage of the Mediterranean Diet’ which will take place on May 9th and 10th and Sampaio’s presence is particularly relevant as in April 2007 he has been the UN’s High-Representative for the Alliance of Civilizations.