Stormy weather postpones first Lagoa Triathlon
Bad weather forced organisers to postpone the first Lagoa Triathlon. The event should have taken place last Sunday, March 10 but has now been moved to Sunday, April 29. Despite
Government and Civil Service “at boiling point”
With teachers on a form of phased strike action till Friday – and further protests threatened for the summer – reports suggest the government’s relationship with Civil Service unions has
Excess speed with bald tyres scuppers PM’s “elite police”
Excessive speed, bald tyres and ‘a hurry to get through the schedule’ of Portugal’s prime minister António Costa are being cited in a dramatic accident involving a BMW carrying ‘elite
Alcoutim Walking Festival postponed due to bad weather
Eager hikers will have to wait until April to take part in Alcoutim’s walking festival (Festival de Caminhadas), which was due to take place last weekend but had to be
Career talks at Poeta Emiliano da Costa school
Rotary Clube Estoi Palace International (RCEPI) members returned to the local Poeta Emiliano da Costa school recently to participate in a series of career talks for the students. While there,
Golden Visa couple on run from Chinese justice arrested in Lisbon
Two Chinese awarded “golden visas” before international arrest warrants for them had been posted on Interpol have finally been arrested in Lisbon, where both have been buying and selling property
Collection of works by Miró goes on show in Italy
Saved from the auctioneer’s hammer during the crisis years, Portugal’s impressive collection of 85 works by Spanish abstract artist Joan Miró have gone on show for the first time in
Algarve to introduce regional tourist tax
AMAL, the Algarve municipalities association, has approved the creation of a region-wide tourist tax to be charged at the region’s hotels and other accommodation facilities. When it will be implemented
Justice for Madeleine and Mary
COMMENT Demand for the truth about what happened to Madeleine McCann is likely to continue even if London’s Metropolitan Police Service has to give up its Operation Grange investigation when
IKEA helps firefighters at the “swipe of a card”
All it will take is a “swipe of a card” at IKEA stores in Portugal this month to help raise money for firefighting brigades. A new campaign has been launched