Woops! F-16 fighter jet drops 160 kg fuel tanks over Évora farmland
The rural quiet of “Senhor dos Aflitos” was abruptly broken earlier this week when an F-16 fighter jet ditched two mercifully empty fuel tanks, weighing 160 kg between them, onto
“Worst fire season in living memory” spares Algarve
It may have been the worst fire season in living memory for the north and centre of Portugal, but so far the Algarve has got off ‘lightly’. It is the
Eyes on Portimão as horrific case of murdered Aljezur teen finally gets to court
The terrible death nearly three years ago of 17-year-old schoolgirl Bruna Nunes is about to see her mother’s former lover face justice. Mihai Oprea, 36, fled Portugal the day before
Left divided over proposal to allow 16 year olds to ‘change sex’, without medical assessment
MPs will be discussing age limits today by which young people should be free to opt for sex-change surgery, without having to resort to any kind of medical assessment. Left
Cortege chaos leaves unlucky 13 “scattered everywhere”
A funeral cortege in Mirando-do-Corvo descended into chaos when the brakes failed on the lead vehicle. “There were people scattered everywhere. It looked like a terrorist attack”, said one eye
Business leaders launch five-year appeal to win back Portugal’s youth
The foundation created by business association AEP has launched a five-year project to try and win back some of the 100,000 young people who quit the country during the crisis.
Faro prepares to host second Estrella Damm tapas route
The second Rota de Tapas Estrella Damm is returning to Faro with more typical Algarve dishes being served in tapas form at several restaurants in Faro, from September 21 to
Banzai! Shoya shines in Portimão
With exciting new Japanese signing Shoya Nakajima leading the line, Portimonense put shell-shocked visitors Feirense to the sword from the word go to record only their second league victory of
Summer exam success at Nobel International School
Students at Nobel International School Algarve are celebrating “excellent results” at GCSE level, AS and A Level as they return to school this week, with the GCSE A* to C
UN chief Guterres gives grim state-of-the-world report
Portugal’s home-grown leader of the United Nations has warned world leaders and monarchs today not to “sleepwalk” into a nuclear war with North Korea. Former PS prime minister António Guterres