New Benagil caves navigation rules revealed
The long-awaited measures created to regulate the circulation of maritime vessels and beach users come into force in August. The new rules for the Benagil caves have been revealed and
Chinese group to ‘buy’ Portimonense SAD for €80 million
Chinese billionaire Zhang Jindong due to become owner of Portimonense’s SAD Portimonense, one of the Algarve’s historic football clubs which was relegated last season to Portugal’s second division, is due
Mayor slams “abusive” land sale proposal on Tavira Island
Land “should have reverted to public domain a long time ago,” mayor says The mayor of Tavira has condemned a proposal to sell 24.5 hectares of land on the idyllic
Free entry at Superbike World Championship for under 18s
Held at the Autódromo Internacional do Algarve between August 9 and 11, the event will feature a Superbike Summer Fest with activities on the track and in the paddock. With
Brawl between tourists in Albufeira leaves five with knife wounds
“Very violent aggressions” break out between Irish and Dutch late-night revellers Four young Dutch holidaymakers were violently stabbed (according to Jornal de Notícias, one of the victims was so badly
Drought to blame for “dramatic situation” at Alcantarilha Stream
Almargem sounded the alarm last week Portugal’s Environmental Agency (APA) has blamed the Algarve’s ongoing drought for the “dramatic situation” at the Alcantarilha Stream, where hundreds of fish have died
Albufeira’s battle against “excessive behaviour” begins
More policing, new code of conduct and awareness campaigns among measures being implemented in Albufeira Albufeira has announced that concrete action is being taken to control the cases of “excessive behaviour”
Police in increasing meltdown as army chief adds fat to fire
Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces dismisses police as “ultra-crepidarians” Police unions are whipping themselves up into a fervour over the fact that the government has increased salaries for
“Chaos at 30,000 feet” forces emergency landing of easyJet flight at Faro airport
Incident followed reported fainting of easyJet co-pilot on flight into Lisbon An easyJet plane bound for Lisbon had to turn back to Faro and make a reported emergency landing –
Algarve musician dies in head-on collision on EN125
Algarve musician Paul Camilo, guitarist with the band Karapaus Allimads, died yesterday in a head-on collision with a bus on the EN125. The accident happened just before 8am, and due