Loulé enlists taxi drivers to deliver food during lockdown
Loulé Council has reached a deal with the municipality’s taxi drivers to provide free food delivery services during the ongoing lockdown. Says the council, the initiative, entitled ‘Do Restaurante à
Lagos unveils €1 million road network revamp
Lagos Council has unveiled a €1 million plan to renovate dozens of roads in the borough by the end of April. Works will include repaving roads, improving drainage systems and
Portimão repaves old bridge entrance road, Rua Infante D. Henrique
Rua Infante D. Henrique, one of Portimão’s main entrance roads linking the so-called ‘old bridge’ to the Gil Eanes Square, is undergoing a major revamp this week. The renovations started
New kindergarten and primary school to be built in Loulé
Loulé Council has approved a plan to build a new kindergarten and primary school in São Sebastião due to the “growing number of students in the municipality”. Representing a €2.5
HPA private hospital in Lagos offers to help Algarve’s public health services
São Gonçalo Hospital in Lagos – owned and managed by private hospital group HPA Saúde – has offered to help the national health service (SNS) by treating non-Covid patients at
Algarve tourism boss with “moderate expectations” for Easter
While it’s still a few months away and the evolution of the pandemic is uncertain, the Algarve tourism board (RTA) president João Fernandes says he is keeping his expectations realistically
AMAL boss calls for construction of Algarve’s Central Hospital once pandemic is over
The president of the Algarve Municipalities Association (AMAL) has urged the government to finally move forward with the project to build the region’s long promised Central Hospital once the pandemic
Algarve’s faulty ventilators: Bureaucratic battle stalls €1.3 million refund request
A bureaucratic battle is underway over who should request a €1.3 million refund for the 30 faulty ventilators that were purchased in April and were meant to be used at
It’s official: MotoGP returns to Portugal in April
The Algarve International Racetrack in Portimão will host a MotoGP race on Sunday, April 18. The news which motorsports fans in Portugal had been longing to hear was confirmed this
Volta ao Algarve cycling competition postponed due to pandemic
Volta ao Algarve, the region’s biggest cycling competition, has been postponed from its scheduled date of February 17-21 to May 5-9 due to soaring Covid-19 cases in Portugal. “This is