“Historic moment” as Odeleite and Beliche dams release water following heavy rainfall
These controlled discharges are timed carefully to coincide with low tide As explained by Castro Marim municipality last week, controlled water releases from the dams of Beliche and Odeleite are
Art of Portuguese calçada bids for UNESCO intangible cultural heritage status
The Portuguese ‘Calçada’ (cobblestone) association is bidding for UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage status for the “art and knowledge of how to lay Portuguese calçadas”. The application went in on Monday
New hope for Portimão-Bragança airlink
Still grounded as it has been for weeks and months, there are glimmers of hope today for the return of the Portimão-Bragança air link: the Ministry of Infrastructures has told
Albufeira hosts 14th ‘Great Exhibition of Portuguese Wines’
Event goes ahead in EMA (multipurpose space) between April 11-13 April sees a return of the hugely popular “Grande Mostra de Vinhos de Portugal” (Great Exhibition of Portuguese Wines), that
Olhão ‘supercar event’ sees Porsche career out of control
Hits parked motorbike; sends onlookers ‘flying’ A supercar event in Olhão on Sunday saw one of the Porsche’s taking part ‘loose control’ coming out of a roundabout, and hit a
US must be involved in guaranteeing ‘durability of peace’ in Ukraine – president
Marcelo’s words come as US counterpart due to speak directly with Putin Just as the world waits to hear the kind of peace Donald Trump accepts for Ukraine following his
Algarve’s water restrictions reduced following record rainfall
Country hasn’t seen this much rain for 20 years With rain still falling to the end of this month, minister of environment and energy Maria da Graça Carvalho visited the
New Silves holiday village: public consultation opens on environmental impact study
Quinta do Pateiro promises “high quality tourist resort with 600 beds” The environmental impact study for Quinta do Pateiro, in Silves – a ‘high quality’ tourist resort with 600 beds
Tornado-shaped cloud gets everyone taking photos over Santarém
Funnel-cloud was ‘initial phase of tornado’ but did not touch ground With so much rain, wind and cold dragging us all through March, people in Santarém were taken by surprise
Three armed men arrested over weekend in Portimão, Olhão
One had revolver with rounds of ammo ‘ready to fire’ Algarve police arrested three young men over the weekend, all of them for carrying illegal weapons. The arrests began on