People in charge of flying drones who break the rules currently are liable to fines of up to €2,500, a fugure that needs to be revised upwards, according to the National Civil Aviation Authority.
Luís Riberio commented that failing to observe the regulations constitutes an aeronautical infraction open to fines of between €250 and €2,500 but that the "the fines must be updated in the future."
The drone of aircraft engines again will be heard over the airfield at Portimão as from December 21st until January 4th next year as hundreds of parachutists gather for their ‘Christmas Boogie 2016’ festival.
The event, run by Skydive Algarve, will see around 600 skydivers from 25 different countries converge on the airfield while hoping for clear skies and a low wind.
Paris is battling to quell its millions-strong population of rats which have become so bold that many have been spotted in daylight hours.
Authorities have had to put at least nine of its famous parks off bounds to visitors for a number of weeks while the battle ensues. Rat catching patrols are the only ones allowed in to bait traps laced with toxins and the block sewer exits.
The Algarve’s regional tourist board and the Algarve Regional Health Administration have signed a collaboration that will train hotel workers in life-saving techniques and the use of defibrillation equipment.
The goal is to save the lives of any guest, or staff member, in any of the Algarve’s hotels who has a heart attack or is suffering from a life-threatening event.
The former INEM president, Luís Cunha Ribeiro, is being held in jail until his trial as the key defendant in the plasma corruption investigation, the Lisbon Criminal Investigation Court has announced.
Ribeiro will sit in jail until the investigation into corruption, money laundering and his free use of two luxury apartments is completed.
In a week during which the Algarve at last is being taken seriously by a traditionally Lisbon-centric government, the long-held anguish and anger over the marginalisation of the region’s two commercial ports is nearly over.
In a winning move, Fisheries Minister Ana Paula Vitorino announced on Friday that she is setting up a new administrative body for the Algarve’s docks, with the region’s mayors at the helm.
Management has already begun the negotiations to shut down three Banco Popular branches in the Algarve region with Vila Real de Santo António, Olhão and Almancil heading the wider closure of 47 outlets countrywide.
Employees of the three Algarve locations have been contacted by the bank's management with its proposals for leaving employment ‘by mutual agreement’ indicating these branches are the ones to be closed, although no official statement has yet been issued, according to José Manuel Martins, a Southern Banking Union representative.
The visiting Pope's dates have been confirmed for next year as Pope Francis pays a two day visit to Fátima on the centenary of the date when three children claimed they saw an image of the Virgin Mary above an olive tree.
Pope Francis will visit Portugal's magnet for religious tourists on May 12th and 13th, 2017, appearing at the traditional midnight mass on the 12th - a prelude to the anniversary of the first sighting of the Virgin Mary. The first apparition was May 13, but a midnight Mass and a candlelight procession on th 12th marks the start of the celebrations.
