IVAucher system begins tomorrow but sectors ‘don’t think it will have large impact’
The government’s IVAucher system – designed to help restaurants, accommodation and culture promoters – begins tomorrow, but none of the sectors it has been devised for seem that enthusiastic. Explain
Unemployment in Portugal increases to 6.9% in April
Latest data published by statistics institute INE shows that unemployment increased in Portugal to 6.9% in April, translating into 348,700 people. The tally of jobless has been growing through the
“Portimão. Sempre Perfeito” campaign encourages nationals to visit Algarve municipality
Portimão municipality has launched a new campaign today to promote the town, its beaches, local gastronomy and commerce, and the area’s “excellent, quality hotels”. Entitled “Portimão. Sempre Perfeito” (Portimão: Always
Tourists ‘caught out’ by long queues for Covid tests at Faro airport
Advice this week for any holidaymakers preparing for homeward journeys is ‘leave plenty of time for those return Covid tests required.’ People who don’t take up the RTA (Algarve tourism
Faro students prepare time capsule to be opened in 2071
11th year students at Faro’s Escola Secundária Pinheiro e Rosa are burying a time capsule on June 7 to be opened in 2071. The idea is to show upcoming generations
Portimão mayoress now ‘arguida’ in public prosecutors’ ‘vaccine queue-jumpers’ probe
Portimão mayoress Isilda Gomes is now an ‘arguida’ (official suspect) in the probe into ‘early bird vaccines’ (people who jumped the queue as vaccines were still in limited supply). Also
“Apologise!” Opposition leader blasts government over Champions League shambles
With various arrests – and one policeman requiring stitches to his face as a result the incidents in Porto last night, fall-out from the catastrophic ‘organisation’ behind the Champions League
President Marcelo criticises ‘lack of coherence’ in Champions League organisation
President Marcelo put into words this afternoon the mystification of the country over scenes emerging from Porto. Hundreds of football fans have been partying in the streets ahead of the
Decision at last for under-60s who received first dose of Astra jab
Authorities have finally reached a decision over policy for the under-60s who received their first dose of the AstraZeneca vaccine before it was decided only the over-60s should have it.
ANAC suspends skydiving at Portimão aerodrome
ANAC, Portugal’s civil aviation regulatory body, has suspended all skydiving activities at Portimão municipal aerodrome until a “new procedure to ensure regulatory safety of the activity” has been approved. Says