Estoi charity party helps the community
A charity party to help a 14-year-old wheelchair-bound girl from Estoi was held at the local Poeta Emiliano da Costa School on October 5. The “2.º Arraial Estoi Solidário” was
Spanish surfer rescued from water in Aljezur after crashing into rocks
A 16-year-old Spanish surfer had to be rescued on Saturday afternoon after he crashed into rocks due to the strong winds and waves between the Monte Clérigo and Amoreira beaches
Algarve railway in crisis as cancelled trains leave passengers stranded on daily basis
Unsurprisingly, the Algarve’s railway service is in crisis. Almost every day there are reports of trains that have been delayed or cancelled, leaving hundreds of passengers stranded and with little
BPP’s guilty bankers “pay their way out of jail”
Four years since their trial started, over eight years since the banking fraud was discovered, BPP’s former top men, principally João Rendeiro, Paulo Guichard and Salvador Fezas Vital, have all
48 hours after Leslie and still thousands without power or telecommunications
Two days since downgraded hurricane Leslie slammed into Portugal and there are still as many as 60,000 households are without power. This affirmation comes in today’s newspapers, thus the situation
Nurses back on strike as teachers set new dates for daily action
Tuesday saw the nation’s nurses back on strike till the end of the week when a new mass demonstration has been scheduled outside the ministry of health. As the government
Government leaves it to landowners to halt proliferation of rogue eucalyptus
The day after agriculture minister Capoulas Santos said it was “the responsibility of landowners” to halt the proliferation of wild eucalyptus – the seeds of which have been sent hurtling
José Mourinho upsets soccer bosses with remarks made in Portuguese
Flamboyant Portuguese football coach José Mourinho is in hot water in UK for “abusive, insulting and improper remarks” that the Football Association claim he directed at TV cameramen earlier this
Ryanair crew “forced to sleep on floor” during Leslie
Images of uniformed men and women – apparently asleep on the floor – are being circulated today in a story that claims Ryanair flight crew were left high and dry
More than 3000 sign petition defending “prostitution isn’t work”
More than 3000 people have signed a petition delivered to parliament today in a bid to get prostitution seen as a “form of exploitation that subverts the social state and