Faro Library closes
Faro’s municipal library is closing on Wednesday, November 15 for renovations, the town hall has announced. The bulk of the work will involve replacing the library’s floors, which represent a
Five years on: tourism boss says Algarve is success story
It has been five years since Desidério Silva took charge of the entity responsible for the sector that raises the most revenue and creates the most jobs in the Algarve
Ninth birthday of missing Maëlys marked by release of balloons
November 5, the ninth birthday of missing Maëlys de Araújo – the little French girl with Portuguese roots who went missing from a wedding reception in August – was commemorated
Young athlete ducks European qualifier to save a life
A 16-year-old national cross-country champion (2000 metres with obstacles) ducked an important qualifying race last Sunday after she realised a 66-year-old woman had just jumped from an overhead bridge into
PM accused of allowing a “eucalyptus rush” till 2018
It is not that the government of prime minister António Costa has approved more (highly inflammable) eucalyptus plantations than its PSD/ CDS predecessor, but that it still maintains that it
Two die in new Legionella outbreak linked to top Lisbon hospital
Two people are dead, three are in intensive care and almost 30 more have been affected by a Legionella outbreak linked to Lisbon’s São Francisco Xavier hospital. According to reports,
“Prehistoric shark” captured in Algarvian waters
A “living fossil” of a shark was captured off the Algarve coast last August. Portuguese researchers working on Project MINOUW caught the male shark at a depth of 700 metres
Sounds of Cuba welcome 2018 at Parchal’s New Year party
Parchal’s ‘Arade Music Fest’, the increasingly popular New Year’s Eve party at Centro de Congressos do Arade, will have a Cuban twist this year. Besides enjoying a gala dinner, guests
Sócrates presents new book – “also not written by himself”
In yet another deeply embarrassing apparent own goal, former prime minister José Sócrates has presented his latest book in Lisbon to rapturous applause. The trouble is that investigators claim “The
Drink-drive Jehovah’s witness fails to wriggle out of blood test
A Jehovah’s witness has failed to persuade two courts that his beliefs should have excluded him from being subjected to a blood test. The context was a situation in which