Worst year for tourism since 1993
2004 was the worst year for tourism in the Algarve since 1993, in terms of occupation rates which, on average, dropped 4.8 per cent.It is also evident that Euro 2004
An ocean of lost opportunities
Members of the Portuguese arm of the Association of International Navigation (AIPCN), based in Albufeira Marina, the country’s main nautical leisure promoters, say the government is “dormant” in this sector
British Consulate in Porto to close
JACK STRAW has announced that the British Consulate in Porto is to close, along with Britain’s diplomatic representation in 18 other locations around the world. In response to the news,
BUDGET IN CRISIS
SANTANA LOPES’ government has just 10 days to find a solution to raise 556 million euros, the amount necessary to maintain the budgetary deficit at less than three per cent
Christmas comes early to cancer association
THE ALGARVE Cancer Association (Associação Oncológica do Algarve) received two early Christmas presents recently. At the Old Time Music Hall’s gala night, Clive Dunn announced that the mobile mammography unit
Contemporary artist exhibits in Water Museum
AN EXHIBITION of paintings by Portuguese contemporary artist, Luís Miguel Alcide d’Oliveira, is currently running at the city’s Water Museum in Rato. Sponsored by Lisbon law firm Simmons & Simmons
Controversy over Freeport’s festive opening hours
THE MANAGEMENT of the Freeport Designer Outlet in Alcochete has received an anonymous letter describing the behaviour of the administration as “tyrannical”, “deplorable” and “unprecedented”. The letter refers to the
Câmara reviews year
THE DEPARTURE of Pedro Santana Lopes, the downing of tools on the Marquês tunnel for seven months and the failure of the budget to be passed for the first time
Drug trafficking in jail under scrutiny
PORTUGUESE courts have handed down prison sentences to 628 convicts for drug trafficking offences in jail in the period between 1999 and the end of last year. The figures come
Fourth hottest year ever
THE WORLD Meteorological Association (WMO) predicts 2005 will be the fourth hottest year in 150 years. Experts view these hot summers as just natural deviations, but others see them as