Virus outbreak scuppers Loulé football team: 33 positive cases
Loulé’s senior football team has had to cancel its plans for the start of the season as an outbreak of the virus has seen 33 positive cases among a total
Marcelo says there’s “no justification” for removing air corridor to Algarve – but it’s likely “within days”
President Marcelo in Monchique on Sunday for another of his promotional trips to the Algarve told reporters that there is “no justification” for reverting the decision to grant Portugal an
Nailbiting weekend as cases climb and Faro airport chaos persists
It has been a nail biting weekend for the Algarve as media headlines warn a sudden spike in the number of Covid infections in Portugal could see the UK close
Algarve virus situation ‘stabilised’ despite 5 million holidaymakers
The Algarve’s summer “has been a success” in terms of virus numbers, despite of the population having tripled with an influx of around 5 million holidaymakers. This was the very
Chinese construction giant buying into Mota-Engil on US ‘technology blacklist’
CCCC, the Chinese construction giant buying a 30% stake in Portuguese group Mota-Engil is on a United States ‘technology blacklist’. Research undertaken since Mota-Engil made its announcement earlier this week
Focus on west coast beach where swimmer died – and no-one is paying for a lifeguard
Sunday August 23 brought authorities ‘dithering’ over who should pay for lifeguard cover on a treacherous west coast into sharp focus. Conditions were such that even surfers were keeping out
Faro airport passenger arrivals ‘chaos’ lasted only one hour and “has been sorted”
Images of a chaotic passenger arrivals hall in Faro airport on the evening of Tuesday August 25 have inflamed social media, even leading to ‘complaints to the government’ from the
Marcelo fires broadside as government starts negotiations over 2021 budget
President Marcelo has fired a broadside ahead of negotiations starting today over Portugal’s 2021 budget. The issue – as everyone is only too painfully aware – is that thanks to
“Set of new rules” coming as Portugal returns to ‘State of Contingency”
A set of new (pandemic related) rules have been promised as Portugal is headed to return to a State of Contingency from September 15. The news followed today’s Council of
Chinese construction giant closes in on 30% stake of Portugal’s Mota-Engil
China Communications Construction Company (CCCC) – purportedly the world’s 4th largest in its field – has moved forwards in its interest to buy a “slightly more than” 30% stake in