The Algarve coast again has been blessed with the arrival of free bales of hashish, securely packaged and drifting near beaches at Aljezur and Vila do Bispo.
The Sines department of the Coastal Control Unit of the GNR has secured a total of 151 kilograms of hashish that arrived on Tuesday and Wednesday this week, packed in four bales.
Lagos council is hosting its 9th Festival of the Discoveries, starting today and continuing until May 1st.
Over the next five days, the city will immerse itself in centuries of history with the theme "A Meeting of Cultures of the West African Coast" with sixteenth-century fairs, historical parades, music and street entertainment.
Ria Formosa Week, in fact four days between May 2nd to 6th, aims to highlight local environmental issues and the conservation of nature, with the support of Águas do Algarve.
The Ria Formosa natural park area is one of the most important wetlands in Portugal and the series of events aims to enlighten local people, especially schoolchildren, as to what is on their doorstep.
A new citizens movement to save what is left of Faro’s old buildings has been established by local architect Filipe Monteiro and 'heritage activist' Fernando Silva Grade.
The first public meeting to discuss the destruction of some of the Algarve’s most notable vernacular buildings will be held on Friday, May 5 under the crystal clear heading 'No to the destruction of what remains of the architectural heritage of Faro.'
The Ministers of the Environment and Foreign Affairs have been called to parliament to explain the rigged report on Spain’s ancient Almaraz nuclear power station - a report that concluded that there was no problem at all with the building of additional facilities for storing nuclear waste next to the Tagus river, even though it then flows through Portugal as the 'Tejo'.
The demand for an urgent hearing came from the Left Bloc, which said today that the government's decision, expressed in the Portuguese Environment Agency report, was seriously unacceptable.
Two threatened species of fish that inhabit the Odelouca river in Silves have received a welcome boost to their numbers, courtesy of environmental organisation Quercus as part of the ‘in situ’ project.
About 600 young fish have been set free after being reared in captivity and now are swimming freely along the Odelouca river in the Alferce area of Monchique.
The Public Security Police and the GNR are expected to start certifying trainers to train owners of dangerous dog by the end of the second quarter of this year, the Ministry of Internal Affairs announced today, which offered no apology for the four year delay.
The Public Security Police and the GNR are responsible for the certification and training of these potentially dangerous animals but neither entity has been able to run a course since the new laws came into play in 2013.
The Securities Commission of Brazil has fined the former president of Oi over statements he made to the media in Brazil in March 2014.
The regulator fined Zeinal Bava 200,000 reais (about €58,000) for statements made while a public offering of the telecoms operator was in progress.
