Fall in love with a pet for Valentine’s at AlgarveShopping
This Valentine’s Day, AlgarveShopping is inviting visitors to fall in love with a new four-legged friend. The shopping centre in Guia, Albufeira has once again teamed up with ARA –
President-elect António José Seguro takes office on March 9
Portugal has a new president: António José Seguro – 63-years-old, former leader of the PS Socialist party, former Euro MP and now former university lecturer. Mr Seguro polled more votes
Parliamentary debate on government’s performance during storms ‘delayed’
Today’s parliamentary debate was going to be the moment that opposition parties faced the government with their criticisms of the way the executive has been dealing with the current ‘climate
Another landslide in Costa da Caparica forces people from their homes
Another worrying landslide has forced the evacuation of an apartment building in Costa da Caparica, Almada. This time, the ‘movement of the hillside’ happened in the early hours of the
Donkeys rescued after being trapped by rising waters in Barril do Alva
Two donkeys were successfully rescued in Barril do Alva, in the municipality of Arganil, after being stranded by rising waters on Tuesday morning, February 10. The animals had become trapped
Portugal’s weather-related problems are far from over
With weather forecasts showing no letup of persistent rain through the first part of the week, Portugal’s weather-related problems are piling up. Aside from the rising death toll (at time
Minister of Internal Administration resigns
Maria Lúcia Amaral has submitted her resignation as Minister of Internal Administration “claiming she no longer has the necessary personal or political conditions to continue in the position”. According to
Armed Forces give surprise press conference
Two extremely unusual surprises came today: first, the accusation by former admiral Henrique Gouveia e Melo that the government failed across the board in dealing with the ‘carousel of storms’
Government to ‘redirect European funds’ to respond to storm damages
Minister of the Environment, Maria da Graça Carvalho, has “affirmed today that the government will have to redirect money from European funding to respond to the damages provoked by successive
Association denounces “final destruction” of Algarve physio centre
Patients and their families have again sounded the alarm over what they are calling the “final destruction” of São Brás de Alportel’s Centre of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (Centro de Medicina