Lagoa council has launched a new system for tourists and locals to rent the latest in electric bicycles as part of the council’s ‘participatory budget’ scheme where locals decide on which fun projects are funded.
Twenty brand new electric bicycles, are fully equipped with GPS and 3G communications so people can follow routes and the operator can see where their bikes are. The new style bicycles and their stands have alarms, anti-theft and anti-vandalism devices fitted.
The drug grower and distributor who escaped the clutches of the police in Olhao back in September has been arrested in Spain
The Dutch national had taken over a warehouse on the outskirts of the city and turned it into an impressive cannabis production facility.
The ‘per head’ tax levied by French-owned airports operator ANA at Portugal’s main airports are to rise in 2017.
The reason given for the 15 cents per passenger increase at Faro airport is to "combat the effects of seasonality affecting the airport in the winter season."
The annual death rate in Britain from nitrogen dioxide (NO2) is second only to Italy when compared to all other European countries.
NO2 is a toxic gas caused predominately by diesel vehicles as well as by some industry.
A vicious and senseless attack has left a mule dead at the São Francisco de Assis animal refuge in Loulé.
The animal that had been recovering well since it was taken in during the summer was beaten to death during the theft of a mare that had been removed by the authorities and placed in the refuge. A dog went missing at the same time and is presumed to have been stolen.
When international creditors released Portugal from onerous loan conditions two years ago, they hailed the nation for some major reform achievements - not least, an overhaul of the judiciary.
The International Monetary Fund applauded Lisbon for reforming a dysfunctional court system which had been a brake on the economy. And with the European Union, it approved Portugal's exit from a 78 billion euro ($83 billion) bailout program which had begun in 2011, writes Andrei Khalip for Reuters
Barcelona city council fined three banks a total of €1.26 million for keeping four apartments in their possession empty for more than two years.
The council issued an unpredecented levy of €315,000 for each of the vacant flats.
Portugal’s much feared Food and Economic Security Authority (ASAE) said that last week its officers carried out a crack-down on food and drink outlets in downtown Faro.
As a result, 21 locations were inspected resulting in three criminal proceedings and nine cases of misconduct.
