Chilly bike ride to lower Alentejo
At last there was a short break in the much-needed rain for the Algarve Senior Bikers (ASB) to get a day out on their bikes. John Heffernan organised a ride
Ructions as Eurostat plunges Portugal back towards ‘excessive deficit’ territory
Government leaders have been left gasping by the Eurostat decision to include the ‘recapitalisation’ of State Bank CGD into the figures for Portugal’s 2017 deficit. In doing so, the country’s
Portuguese cattle dogs take part in US ‘wolf-sheep’ study
Iconic Portuguese Transmontano cattle dogs have been taking part in a US study to find the perfect ‘guardians’ against wolves. The experiment came after wolves reintroduced to the American West
Superb golf and Nigel wins the day
Onyria Palmares was the venue and Alvor/Lagos the combination for the Atlantic Golf Society’s last major tournament. Although one of the best courses in the Algarve, it is not renowned
Over 100 TAP passengers held-up in Stuttgart thanks to “highly intoxicated” pilot
Over 100 TAP passengers suffered a double-whammy of bad luck after a “highly intoxicated” pilot attempted to take to the controls of their flight to Lisbon last Friday. First, the
New four-star hotel to open by 2020 in Castro Marim
A four-star hotel boasting 44 rooms with “impressive views” of the Guadiana River is planned for the eastern Algarve town of Castro Marim and should open by 2020. The €2.5
Helicopters and “luxury boat” to use 70.6 tons of fuel per day in €80 million drilling operation off Aljezur
The reality of operations underway to start drilling for oil and/ or gas off the Aljezur coast has been rolled out today in the country’s best-selling tabloid. Correio da Manhã
Five month fight-for-life by October fires victim ends in tragedy
Her death is being recorded as the 49th fatality from last October’s killer fires. As the country ‘mobilises’ in efforts of fire-prevention – with politicians flying from location to location,
Young Portuguese shot in terror attack “fighting for life”
26-year-old Renato Silva is valiantly fighting for his life in the neurosurgical unit of Perpignan Hospital after being shot in the head in last week’s terror attack that killed four
Aljezur to get new GNR police station by 2019
A new GNR police station is expected to be up and running in Aljezur by 2019. The Ministry of Internal Administration says that the €1.5 million project is already underway