Algarve students given wings to fly
Rotary Summer Camp Scheme In 2008, Almancil International Rotary Club (AIRC) joined, for the first time, with other Portuguese Rotary clubs in sponsoring young students to participate in the Rotary
Euro Weekly 4 October 2018
GBP: Q2 GDP growth in the UK came in at 0.4% as expected, but the accompanying numbers caused some problems for the pound. Business investment, which should have increased by
PAN “persuades Costa to drop bullfighting sector’s IVA exemption”
In a statement released on Friday, PAN – the battling Peoples Animals Nature party possessing just one MP – announced that the government has “guaranteed” that a proposal to drop
Heart attack patients have 30% greater risk of death in southern Portuguese hospitals
Distinctly unheartwarming news for anyone at risk of a heart attack in the Algarve is a new study that has concluded that they would have a 30% greater risk of
Battling teachers vow to “step up the war”
Following a massive demonstration in Lisbon last Friday – at least 20,000 banner waving teachers took part – the union pushing the government to make good on its promise to
Hit-and-run investigation underway after body found by roadside
PJ police are investigating the discovery of the body of a young man beside the road in Seixal in the early hours of Sunday morning. It is almost certain that
Villages evacuated as massive fire rages in Sintra
Up to 600 firefighters were in action overnight as a massive fire took hold across the south side of the borough of Sintra. Starting near the Convento da Peninha at
‘365 Algarve’ returns to boost winter cultural agenda with 400 events
More than 400 events will be taking place in the Algarve between October 4 and May 31, 2019, during the third ‘365 Algarve’ programme, created to boost the region’s cultural
Apprentice bricklayer and cookery student among ‘have-a-go hackers’ who broke into Portugal’s top institutions
They ran amok in 2014, breaking into the IT systems of the Public Ministry, the Attorney General’s Office, PSP and GNR police, town councils, even Novo Banco. But now that
One in four secondary school pupils “shows signs of depression”
It’s one of those studies that grabs the headlines (without answering all the resulting questions): one in four pupils in Portuguese secondary schools shows signs of depression – girls particularly.