Portugal among best environmental performances
Portugal is performing positively in the fight against climate change, according to the German non-governmental environmental association GermanWatch and Climate Action Network Europe, which placed the country third in their
New law clobbers smokers
Soon the only places smokers will be able to light up away from home will be in their cars and outdoors. A new law will be coming into force in
Nestlé to create 350 jobs in Portugal
Multinational food empire Nestlé has announced the creation of 350 job opportunities for people under the age of 30 in Portugal. Marketing, sales, distribution and logistics are the areas the
Gay Catholics criticise Portuguese Church
Rumos Novos, an association for gay Catholics, has criticised the Portuguese Episcopal Conference (PEC) for what it calls its “aggressiveness” towards same-sex marriages. PEC’s latest pastoral letter treads the traditional
Half million euro bill for sex calls – on the state
A government worker has run his bosses up a cool half million euro phone bill – calling sex hotlines when he should have been working. The social security operative, aged
Tvi channel broadcasts Algarve ad
A short 30-second TV advertising campaign plugging the Algarve as an off-season holiday destination is being aired until November 28 on Portuguese television channel TVi. Desidério Silva, president of the
Katana wielder out on bail
An Angolan man with a history of mental illness who bludgeoned a fisherman round the head with a katana and then threw green paint over police officers has been released
Where is Santa?
A Christmas play for children inspired by the classic fairy tale Little Red Riding Hood is taking place on December 21 at the Convento de São José Auditorium from 3.30pm.
Free colon cancer screenings
Due to high demand, Hospital Particular do Algarve is again holding free colon cancer screenings. Last month, the hospital group held two days of screenings for colon cancer and due
Major drug bust nabs 9,000 doses of heroin
A major police swoop on drug-dealing activity in central areas of the Algarve has led to the arrest of six suspects and the confiscation of over 9,000 doses of heroin