Pestana announces new five-star hotel in Alvor
Portuguese hotel group Pestana has announced plans to build a new five-star hotel in Alvor. Representing a €50 million investment, the hotel will be located in Quinta da Amoreira and
ACCA delivers backpacks and smiles
ACCA, the children’s charity that is focused on helping needy children across the Algarve, topped its record and kitted out 866 youngsters with learning essentials. The growing success of ACCA’s
Murdered Rodrigo Lapa’s stepfather tells police “I don’t remember anything”
Nineteen months after the horrible death of Portimão schoolboy Rodrigo Lapa hope has rekindled that his killer will finally face justice. The dead boy’s Brazilian stepfather, who fled Portugal the
Portimonense outclassed 5-2
Following more than credible albeit ultimately unsuccessful away performances against the likes of ‘big guns’ Sporting Braga and Benfica, Portimonense were comprehensively outplayed in front of almost 40,000 Porto fans
Putting for Poppies
The Portuguese branch of the Royal British Legion and Boavista Golf Course near Lagos are hosting a charity golf tournament, The Poppy Day Memorial Trophy, on a particularly significant day
Algar donates €1,776 to Algarve Oncology Association and Red Cross
Algar, the Algarve’s solid waste disposal company, has donated €1,776 to the Algarve Oncology Association (AOA) and the region’s Red Cross delegations following two campaigns which involved collecting nearly nine
Castro Marim to reopen municipal pool in October following Legionella scare
Castro Marim will reopen its municipal pool in mid-October, the council has announced. The pool was closed after last summer’s Legionella scare. The deadly bacteria was detected inside the infrastructure,
Lisbon has become “magnet for millennials”
More good news for Portugal comes in a report in the UK Guardian today that suggests millennials – those 30-somethings working as “digital nomads” – are suddenly descending on Lisbon
Portugal’s financial Ronaldo “at loggerheads” with governor of central bank
Relations between the government and Bank of Portugal are described as “at their limit” after the head of the latter appears to have called an “en garde” moment over banking
€109 million a day in taxes helps bring Portugal’s deficit down
A bumper flow of cash into State coffers has helped bring Portugal’s deficit down by more than €1.9 billion. Explain financial reports, taxes have seen €26.6 billion raised by the