Portimão hosts decisive handball match
Portugal faces off against Netherlands for World Championship qualifier Portimão Arena will host the first leg of a decisive playoff match-up between the national men’s handball teams of Portugal and
Vila Real rejoins Portimão-Bragança air link
Aerodrome in Vila Real reopens after three years of renovation work to runway Vila Real has rejoined the Portimão-Bragança air link after the stop was suspended in 2019 due to
Volunteers needed for ‘Operation Clean Beach’
Zoomarine seeks volunteers for beach clean-up initiative Volunteers are needed for ‘Operation Clean Beach’ (Operação Praia Limpa), a beach clean-up initiative taking place in five Algarve boroughs on Sunday, May
Ukraine leads exports of corn to Portugal in 2021
Only Netherlands imported more Ukrainian corn than Portugal Ukraine was the main supplier of corn to Portugal in 2021, being the origin of more than a third of imported corn,
Cheese, wine and chorizo fair in Faro
Five-day event brings selection of cheeses, wines and ‘chorizos’ to Algarvian capital After a two-year break due to the coronavirus pandemic, Faro is once again hosting its Cheese, Wine and
GNR seize over 8,000 litres of medronho in Algarve
Illegally produced medronho firewater worth over €237,000 Over 8,000 litres of illegally produced medronho firewater were seized at a production warehouse in Loulé on Tuesday, GNR police announced. The ‘Arbutos
“Large-scale” drug trafficking ring dismantled in Algarve
Seven people arrested and 15,000 doses of drugs seized A GNR police investigation has led to the dismantlement of a “large-scale” drug trafficking ring whose base of operations was a
Over 200,000 visit Loulé beauty spot Fonte Benémola
People counter registers 244,536 visitors between April 2018 and 2021 Loulé Council has announced that 244,536 people visited the Fonte Benémola beauty spot between April 2018 and 2021. The data
Excellent Easter ahead, say hoteliers
Algarve hotels hope Easter will turn page on pandemic as bookings match record-breaking 2019 An “impressive” number of bookings for the Easter holiday season has the Algarve tourism sector hoping
Tourism “good area for Ukrainian refugees to work in”
Ukrainians are “qualified” and “know what to do” The Ukrainian consul in Porto said on Wednesday that tourism is “a good area” for Ukrainian refugees to work in Portugal because