Sagres bird festival already packed with pre-bookings
Just two weeks away and Sagres’ popular bird festival has already attracted hundreds of pre-bookings to the point that “several activities” on the five-day programme are already full. For a
Costa Vicentina fishermen threaten new ‘sargo protests’
“Clear discrimination” is how the commission for coastal fishing views the continued government ban on sargo (seabream) capture which excludes boat and submarine fishermen. In other words, only rod fishermen
Three British tourists in ‘Stand-Up-Paddle’ rescue off Sagres coast
The joys of SUP (stand up paddleboarding) turned sour off the coast of Sagres this week for three young British women on holiday. The trio had to be rescued by
Fundraising drive on its way to securing vital animal x-ray equipment
A heroic mission to secure Tavira’s Novavet Clinic with vital animal x-ray equipment is on its way to raising the €25,000 needed to start making a difference in particularly stray
Violin Odyssey performed by Duo Lacerda
Violinists Alexander Stewart and Regina Aires from Duo Lacerda are returning to the Algarve to take their audience on a whistle-stop journey of the history of the violin. “Violin Odyssey”
SOS Ria Formosa challenges local politicians over plans for battered barrier islands
Campaign group SOS Ria Formosa has succeeded in making local politicians show their true colours. Two weeks before the region casts its votes for new municipal leaders, the group has
Novo Banco tries to limit pension of former “boss-of-all-this” to €11,500 per month
The secret’s out: how former “boss-of-all-this” at BES has managed to survive all these months and years after his billion euro empire was ‘impounded’ and properties confiscated. Ricardo Salgado –
Ryanair “flight dump” sees Porto airport “worst hit”
The extraordinary decision by low-cost airline Ryanair to dump hundreds of flights worldwide in a bid to catch-up on staff holiday entitlement has so far seen Porto’s Sá Carneiro airport
Changes afoot for Portugal’s “best kept (tax) secret”
The writing has been on the wall since Finland managed to wriggle out of what its national press derided as “a tax holiday provided to pensioners resident in Portugal”. Sweden
Saturation point – can Portugal take any more shopping malls?
The opening later this month of Loulé’s mega shopping complex Mar Shopping Algarve (alongside recently-opened IKEA) will be the last for a long time to come. Says Expresso in an