June sees 81.8% of Algarve hotel rooms booked
It is rare these days, but the percentage of hotel rooms booked in the Algarve in June actually dropped compared to last year. It was a marginal decrease – from
Two Afghans “seeking asylum in Portugal detained over suspicions of terrorism”
With the country on high-alert over the whereabouts of an arsenal of explosives stolen from Tancos military base in Santarém last week, news today is that two young Afghan men
Algarve artists host exhibition at Faro Museum
The Algarve Artists Network (AAN) is hosting a new art exhibition entitled ‘Here We Are’ at Faro Museum between August 5 and October 8. Thirteen artists are contributing two works
Seven injured in A22 motorway accident
Seven people were injured – one of them seriously – in a car crash on the Algarve’s A22 motorway on Monday (July 3). The accident happened at around 2pm near
Outrage as threatened islanders see “private development” given green-light for shoreline
Islander families fighting to save their homes from environmental policies that insist they are too close to the shoreline are not the only ones seeing red over what is being
Intermarché donates ambulance to VRSA firefighters
Intermarché supermarket in Vila Real de Santo António has donated a new ambulance to the local fire station. “Given the support that firefighters provide to the population, it is fundamental
Sagres birds
Giving birdwatchers plenty of notice, organisers of the Sagres Birdwatching Festival have announced that the event is this year taking place from October 4 to 8. The five-day festival will
Portuguese emigré ‘fleeced’ in BES debacle mounts silent protest outside Paris embassy
Amélia Reis, one of the many hundreds of Portuguese emigrés affected by the collapse of BES, is planning a silent protest outside the Portuguese embassy in Paris on Friday to
Mafra’s sculpture museum struggles to reopen after 44 years
The Palace of Mafra has one jewel that hasn’t seen the light of day for 44 years: its ‘museum of replicas’, a stunning collection of over 100 12th and 16th
A quarter of Portuguese “will work in tourism” by 2027
Within the next decade, tourism will be responsible for supplying the jobs of up to one million Portuguese. This is the forecast delivered by the WTTC (World Travel and Tourism