Authorities call meeting to clarify Benagil cave navigation rules
New rules are up for public consultation until June 10 Authorities are organising a meeting with boat tour companies and operators to clarify any doubts surrounding the new navigation rules
Central government to pay 85% of costs to restore Azores main hospital
Portugal’s central government has agreed to contribute 85% of the costs of rehabilitating the Divino Espírito Santo Hospital in Ponta Delgada, which was devastated by a fire earlier this month
Immigrant rough-sleepers in Lisbon: mayor calls for urgent response
Carlos Moedas has addressed appeal to President Marcelo and PM Montenegro Lisbon’s PSD mayor Carlos Moedas is calling for an urgent hearing with the Prime Minister and the President of
Immigrant support centre “admits mistake” in publicising ‘lynching’ of Nepalese boy, aged 9
‘Lynching’ was not appropriate word; child not Nepalese nor aged 9 After creating a tsunami of soundbites (and ‘righteous indignation’) early last week, CEPAC – the Father Alves Correia Centre –
Disinformation tries to make us trust nothing – UN official in Lisbon
Carme Artigas was speaking at Portuguese Association for Communications Development In an interview with Lusa, Carme Artigas, the co-chair of the UN’s High-Level Advisory Body on Artificial Intelligence, suggests that
Faro kennel marks 1,000 animal milestone
Faro kennel has helped find forever homes for 208 animals Faro’s municipal kennel – officially named ‘Centro de Recolha Oficial de Animais de Faro (CROAF) – reached a milestone last
Bluefin tuna fishing season off to good start in Algarve
100% of fished tuna is exported The bluefin tuna fishing season began this week in the Algarve with the catching of 100 fish, the largest weighing 330 kilos, at a
Portugal’s Catholic Bishops in Rome to report on sex abuse issues
Bishops will have audience with Pope on Friday Portugal’s Roman Catholic bishops begin an ‘ad Limina Apostolorum’ visit to the Vatican today, with the issue of historic sexual abuse of
Meteor explodes after 500 kms across Spain and Portugal in flames
Hundreds witness ‘extraordinary passage’ that lit up midnight skies Hundreds of people in Portugal (as well as many others in France and Spain) witnessed the awe-inspiring passage of a meteor
Tourist office opens in Vila Real de Santo António
Tourist office provides important information for tourists A new tourist office opened last week in Vila Real de Santo António. Co-managed by the Algarve tourism board (RTA) and the municipal