Bad weather: Azores under red alert
Inclement weather in the Azores today (January 5) led to the cancellation of six SATA flights bound for Flores Island, leaving 306 passengers stranded. A spokesman for the airline said
Woman picking limpets dies after falling into sea
A Portuguese woman, 57, picking limpets in the Sines coast died after falling into the sea this morning (January 5). The woman fell into the water and was swept away
New online platform to register deaths
Doctors practising in Portugal are now required to register all deaths and their causes on an online platform to allow for a more “efficient, rigorous and stricter monitoring” of the
Albufeira attracts 50,000 revellers to New Year’s Eve Party
More than 50,000 people gathered in Albufeira to welcome in 2014 during the city’s New Year’s celebrations, which have been known to be the best in the Algarve. The end-of-year
Portuguese President to honour Cristiano Ronaldo
Real Madrid football star Cristiano Ronaldo will be distinguished by the Portuguese President of the Republic, Cavaco Silva, who will be naming him Grand Officer of the Order of Prince
Police on trail of hit-and-run suspect
PSP police are hot on the trail of an unidentified suspect who ran over a couple – killing the man – and fled the scene in the early hours of
Four-metre-long python found in car boot during drug bust
Police authorities in Lisbon got more than they bargained for when they intercepted a couple consuming drugs inside a vehicle – upon further inspection of the car, a four-metre-long python
Boy driver, 13, dies after crashing father’s pickup truck
A 13-year-old boy behind the wheel died after crashing his father’s pickup truck yesterday (January 2) near the Valverde village of Mogadouro council, north of Portugal. A GNR source said:
Lagos takes up the cudgels for VAT-victimised restaurants
Lagos council entered the New Year fighting. Its municipal assembly passed three pivotal motions honing in on restaurants’ crippling IVA (VAT) rates as well as the parlous state of roadworks
Olhanense back in Olhão?
Could the Algarve’s only ‘Primeira Liga’ team be returning home? Indications are that the Portuguese Professional Football League will give permission for the Olhão-based club to return to the José