Loulé market to reopen
LOULÉ MUNICIPAL market is due to open its doors to the public on February 6, following more than two years of renovation and restoration. Fresh food produce, including fish, meat,
Maritime police branch still unmanned
A LACK of administration has been given as the reason behind the maritime police branch at Sagres remaining empty for more than two years. Officers, who were originally assigned to
Massive school closures
MORE THAN 1,500 schools were closed in Portugal during the course of the last school year. The majority of the 1,697 schools that were shut down were primary education institutions,
Metro tightens up access controls
LISBON METRO was due to switch on its automatic turnstiles on the yellow and blue lines yesterday (Thursday, February 1). The turnstiles, which have been closed since the closure of
Mystery flares off Sagres coast
AN EXTENSIVE search and rescue operation sparked by reported sightings of two red flares off the coast of Sagres failed to find signs of a shipwreck or any other maritime
New centre opens
AN IMMIGRANT integration and support centre was opened in Lagos on January 27. The Centro Local de Apoio e Integração do Imigrante, which is the seventh to be opened in
Opening date announced
AFTER VARIOUS delays and setbacks, Faro’s new municipal market will finally be opened on February 8, At the time of going to press, the timing and programme for the inauguration
Opposition to consulate closure
PLANS TO close the Portuguese consulate in Seville, Spain are “a colossal strategic error by the Portuguese government” says the leader of the social democrats (PSD) in the Algarve. In
Plans to revamp train network
CONSTRUCTION AND improvement of the rail network in the Algarve will be a top priority for the next few years. An evaluation study should be completed by May on the
Police swoop on câmara
By: Chris Graeme chris@portugalresident.com Lisbon Câmara is being investigated on suspicion of corruption and being involved in illegal business deals. Fifty police inspectors from Lisbon’s Polícia Judiciária (PJ) and six