A baby girl was born in a car in the parking area of Faro Hospital, outside the Emergency Room, at around 19:30 on Monday evening.

Yesterday, the private healthcare group HPA Saúde officially signed a collaboration agreement with Taviclínica Médica, in Tavira.

The GNR have arrested two people “in the middle of the A22 motorway, near Loulé” and seized more than 39 kilograms of hashish and 255 doses of cocaine.

Mayors of six municipalities in the Alentejo and Algarve regions have asked for the “postponement” of the process of transferring powers to the National Association of Portuguese Municipalities (ANMP), from which they demand a “more prominent” intervention in the defense of local power.

Yesterday morning, bathers rushed to help a dolphin that became washed up on Homem Nu beach, in Luz de Tavira.

Portugal’s Parliament has again voted in favour of legalising euthanasia, kick-starting a third attempt in just over a year to get the legislation past the President, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa.

The president of Turismo do Algarve has announced that the tourist occupancy rate for June in the Algarve is expected to be around 80%, with around 17,000 passengers to be disembarking at Faro airport.

The Albufeira GNR arrested three young men earlier this week for assaulting and threatening people on public roads, to steal their mobile phones.