“Historic moment” as Odeleite and Beliche dams release water following heavy rainfall
These controlled discharges are timed carefully to coincide with low tide As explained by Castro Marim municipality last week, controlled water releases from the dams of Beliche and Odeleite are
New hope for Portimão-Bragança airlink
Still grounded as it has been for weeks and months, there are glimmers of hope today for the return of the Portimão-Bragança air link: the Ministry of Infrastructures has told
Albufeira hosts 14th ‘Great Exhibition of Portuguese Wines’
Event goes ahead in EMA (multipurpose space) between April 11-13 April sees a return of the hugely popular “Grande Mostra de Vinhos de Portugal” (Great Exhibition of Portuguese Wines), that
Olhão ‘supercar event’ sees Porsche career out of control
Hits parked motorbike; sends onlookers ‘flying’ A supercar event in Olhão on Sunday saw one of the Porsche’s taking part ‘loose control’ coming out of a roundabout, and hit a
Algarve football round-up: Setbacks
LIGA PORTUGAL BETCLIC: Farense 0-1 BragaLIGA PORTUGAL 2 MEU SUPER: Portimonense 1-2 Feirense Last Saturday evening, Farense could have been judged unlucky – as has been the case so often
Algarve’s water restrictions reduced following record rainfall
Country hasn’t seen this much rain for 20 years With rain still falling to the end of this month, minister of environment and energy Maria da Graça Carvalho visited the
New Silves holiday village: public consultation opens on environmental impact study
Quinta do Pateiro promises “high quality tourist resort with 600 beds” The environmental impact study for Quinta do Pateiro, in Silves – a ‘high quality’ tourist resort with 600 beds
Three armed men arrested over weekend in Portimão, Olhão
One had revolver with rounds of ammo ‘ready to fire’ Algarve police arrested three young men over the weekend, all of them for carrying illegal weapons. The arrests began on
Warnings as Odeleite and Beliche dams carry out “temporary, controlled discharges”
Discharges will continue until end of ‘wet season’ The boon of so much rainfall is seeing many dams throughout the country ‘almost full’. It was so long ago, for the
Algarve is best-equipped region to detect and treat strokes
The Algarve received the «Angels» award for its ability to detect and treat strokes, making it the first region in the country and the second in Europe to achieve this