Parked car catches fire and causes damage to five other vehicles
A car parked on Quarteira’s Avenida Sá Carneiro caught fire on Wednesday morning and caused damage to five other vehicles. National tabloid Correio da Manhã reports that the car belonged
Algarve means quality, not “cheap destination”
“Tourism is what will make the region sustainable, not oil,” says the Algarve’s new tourism boss. A new marketing strategy, a renewed focus on promoting the region as a quality
The Meg
August 23, 2018 Director: Jon Turteltaub; Starring: Jason Statham, Bingbing Li, Rainn Wilson; Genre: Action, Horror, Sci-Fi; Age: 12+; Time: 114 minutes A deep-sea submersible part of an international undersea
The Happytime Murders
August 23, 2018 Director: Brian Henson; Starring: Melissa McCarthy, Elizabeth Banks, Maya Rudolph; Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime; Age: 12+; Time: 91 minutes A murder/mystery set in a world where humans
Festival do Berbigão to attract thousands to Figueira
Cockles are all you will want to eat at Figueira’s ‘Festival do Berbigão’ which will take place in the small village outside of Portimão on the weekend of September 8
Bag filled with cocaine washes up on Armação de Pêra beach
A plastic bag containing several individual doses of cocaine was found by a beachgoer at Praia dos Pescadores in Armação de Pêra on Tuesday afternoon. The bag apparently washed up
Portimão will spend €1.4 million to revamp old fish market
A €1.4 million project to completely renovate Portimão’s old fish market, known locally as the ‘Lota’, has been announced by the town hall. The project is divided into two phases,
Missing British man who fell off banana boat in dam was “guest of property tycoon”
The British man who went missing on Monday and still hasn’t been found after the boat he was travelling in overturned at Santa Clara dam in Ourique, Beja has been
Tax authorities to be notified of bank withdrawals of over €50,000
A proposal for tax authorities to be notified every time someone withdraws over €50,000 from a bank account will be presented in parliament next month, in a bid to clampdown
Portugal to take in 50 ‘Aquarius’ migrants in September
Portugal’s Ministry of Internal Administration has confirmed that the country will be taking in 50 migrants from the ‘Aquarius’ boat in September. The ministry said that these procedures take time