VRSA to create “digital neighbourhood” to bolster businesses in historic centre
Project is expected to encompass around 200 businesses in VRSA The municipal council of Vila Real de Santo Antonio has announced an original project to bolster businesses in the town’s
Algarve racetrack founder honoured with tourism medal and sculpture
Paulo Pinheiro died in July at the age of 52 Paulo Pinheiro, the founder of the Algarve International Circuit (AIA) who passed away in July, has been posthumously awarded a
Applications for Portuguese residency fall 80% since government tightened rules
Abolition of expressions of interest mean immigrants on tourist visas cannot apply for residency Since the government’s abolition of the “expression of interest” mechanism, applications for immigrant residency in Portugal
EU funding to bring Algarve Oncology Centre to life
Oncology Centre expected to treat 3,500 patients per year A new state-of-the-art healthcare facility specialising in cancer prevention, diagnosis, and treatment is set to be established in the Algarve, thanks
Error excludes more than half candidates for INEM emergency crews
Union says lapse “simply unacceptable”; service ‘crying out for new entries’ Technical errors in the selection process for INEM pre-hospital emergency technicians have seen to it that hundreds were excluded
Retired teachers can now ‘elect to make a comeback’
With the country’s schools still short of teachers in various subjects, the government has opened the way to retired teachers making a comeback, keeping their pensions intact and earning up
Pension rules to be ‘updated’ to ensure new pensioners can benefit from increases in first year
The government is to revise new pension rules to allow them to be updated in the first year. The information was put forward by Luís Marques Mendes on Sunday in
Lisbon’s sapper firefighters begin month-long strike starting tomorrow
Firefighters complain professional statute hasn’t been revised for 22 years Lisbon’s professional sapper firefighters will begin a month-long strike from tomorrow to demand higher salaries. A source from the Lisbon
Algarve welcomes new cutting-edge MRI unit
Imaging Lab by ABC in Loulé introduces cutting-edge magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) technology which was previously unvailable through the Algarve’s public health system A state-of-the-art medical facility was inaugurated last
Economists warn that increasing minimum wage has its risks
Economists heard by Lusa have warned that bringing the national minimum wage closer to the average wage in this country (of comparatively low wages) has risks. It could end up