A street demonstration in Faro today, 7 August, organised by the Algarve Trade Union Federation (USAL), called for an end to precarious employment, higher wages, and better living conditions for everyone in the region.
With doors set to open at 5pm, and the concert due to begin at 9pm, the concert marks the US musician’s third performance in Portugal.
A 33-year-old foreign national was kidnapped and assaulted for two days in Lisbon, before being released following the payment of a ransom. Two other foreign nationals, aged 35 and 43, were arrested by Portugal’s Judiciary Police (PJ) in an operation codenamed “Taka”, after the official currency of Bangladesh.
The Portuguese Nurses’ Union (SEP) has expressed concern over the possibility that management of the Algarve’s regional health board, the Unidade Local de Saúde (ULS), could be transferred to the private sector.
Two foreign nationals, aged 27 and 35, who were allegedly part of a drug trafficking network, were arrested in Lagos on Wednesday, 5 August. One of the men was seriously injured after attempting to jump from a balcony in an effort to escape.
A video circulating on social media appears to show four suspected migrants emerging from the roof of a lorry operated by Algarve Removals, a company specialising in international removals between Spain, Portugal, and the UK.
Portugal’s Judicial Police (PJ) have seized five tonnes of cocaine from a container ship searched on Tuesday, 4 August, at the Port of Sines, in the Setúbal district located to the South of Lisbon, the police force announced today.
The GNR detained four men on Sunday, 2 August, suspected of stealing wallets and mobile phones from customers leaving nightlife venues in the municipality of Albufeira.
