Shock as family preparing to bury loved-one hears body has been cremated ‘by mistake’
A Portuguese family expecting to bury a loved-one later today received more bad news early this morning. The body of 39-year-old logger Jorge Miguel Barbosa da Cunha has ‘disappeared’ and
Operation Ether sees new heads roll
Following on from the preventive custody of tourism boss of the north Melchior Moreira, Operation Ether has been gathering steam, seeing a major purge ongoing this week and another set
Fuel truckers set May 17 for nationwide strike
The national syndicate of drivers of dangerous materials – the relatively new union that brought the country to the brink of fuel-starved paralysis over Easter – was reported today to
Campaigners launch new environmental battle to preserve Alvor’s threatened Quinta da Rocha
Environmental campaigners desperate to save the last ‘green lungs’ of the coastal Algarve have a new cause – the ‘soft rural tourism plan’ recently presented for Alvor’s Quinta da Rocha,
Missing Maddie investigation has new suspect ‘in the frame’
Friday May 3 has seen the habitual flurry of news stories on missing Madeleine McCann – but nothing has been more ‘sensational’ than the report in a Portuguese tabloid newspaper
Murder inquiry launched as Algarve mother-of-two is discovered dead in Vila Real de Santo António
A 37-year-old mother of two children was discovered dead in her home in Vila Real de Santo António yesterday (Thursday) morning. Initial reports suggested that Sónia Ribeiro had been shot.
Teachers’ ‘win’ pay battle victory as minority parties back their cause
Key government ministers are locked in a meeting this morning deciding what to do over the ‘victory’ delivered to the nation’s teachers yesterday by minority parties in parliament (see update
Major alert as Lisbon and Faro airports ‘run out of fuel’
Easter flight misery looks like hitting early this year with the statement by ANA airports authority this morning that its Lisbon and Faro complexes have run out of fuel. On
Another electric tram accident in Lisbon injures seven ‘mainly foreign’ passengers
“Another electric tram accident” in Lisbon today has seen a number of light injuries to passengers involved. Some reports suggest six people were injured, others put the number at seven;
Luxurious Algarve resort wants to become Portugal’s ‘Abbey Road’
It’s an ambitious plan to do away with the frustrating reality of the Algarve’s ‘low season’ when hotels close, staff are laid off and parts of the region take on