GNR police station to be moved out of Lagos
After years of complaints about the “deplorable conditions” at Lagos’ GNR police station, the Portuguese government has finally given the green light to a €279,000 investment to move the police
Spring Algarve networking lunch debate
The Portuguese Chamber of Commerce in the UK is holding its Spring Algarve Networking Lunch Debate on Friday, March 23 at Wildfire, Pestana Vila Sol in Vilamoura, from 12.30pm. Guest
Communists call for new jail in Messines
A draft resolution urging the government to move forward with decade-old plans to build a new prison establishment in São Bartolomeu de Messines has been presented in Parliament by Portugal’s
Knife-wielding man causes panic as he threatens ex-wife at Faro Hospital
A 65-year-old man was arrested this week for storming into Faro Hospital armed with a knife to allegedly threaten his ex-wife. National tabloid Correio da Manhã says the man caused
Meia Praia’s abandoned fortress finally ‘up for grabs’
After years in which it has been left to abandon – despite council pleas to be able to recover it for use by the community – the government has made
Appeal for driver of white Renault Clio seen beating dog into semi-paralysis
The hunt is on over social media for the driver of a white Renault Clio seen beating a young German Shepherd-type dog with a shovel in Sargaçal, near Lagos, last
Scottish expat who buried husband in back garden “let off with a fine”
This is the way her native Scottish Daily Record described the latest development in the bizarre case of a woman who buried her husband in the back garden of their
Father of Algarve’s 1st golf course and 1st five-star hotel dies, aged 93
A signpost in the history of the Algarve has died at the age of 93. John Benedict Stilwell is being remembered in the Portuguese press as “the creator of Hotel
Sink hole of “considerable dimensions” opens up in iconic Lisbon street, followed by others…
The bad weather battering Portugal from all sides is now taking its toll of road and street surfaces, with possibly the largest sink hole opening up today in one of
Euro Weekly 9 March 2018
At the end of last week, PM Theresa May gave a speech which acknowledged that trade with the EU will become more difficult, the ECJ will continue to have a