Covid quarantine camp: Portuguese government requisitions bankrupt Odemira eco-resort for immigrant agricultural workers
Odemira’s Zmar eco-resort has been requisitioned by the government to ensure immigrant agricultural workers who have tested positive for SARS-CoV-2 have the facilities they require to self-isolate. It is clearly
Blight of intensive agriculture in Alentejo prompts swingeing complaint to European Commission
The unquestionable blight caused by intensive agriculture projects on soil and indeed life quality in the Alentejo has seen a complaint delivered to the European Commission to commemorate World Earth
NGO denounces destruction of threatened flora in Beja due to intensive agriculture
Four populations of species of threatened flora, in the Portuguese municipality of Beja, in southern Portugal, are being destroyed due to intensive agriculture, Portugal’s environmental NGO Zero has denounced, according
Group of killer whales goes on ramming rampage off Sines
Another strange ‘attack’ by killer whales has been reported off the coast of Sines. A German solo sailor put in a distress call on Tuesday after the rudder of his
Alentejo winery Howard’s Folly launches first rosé
Alentejo winery Howard’s Folly, created by British entrepreneur Howard Bilton and highly regarded winemaker David Baverstock, has launched its first rosé wine ‘Sonhador Rosé 2019’. To create a “fresh and
Alentejo “has everything to attract the tourist” once lockdown is over
Rural Alentejo – the Portuguese region with the least number of Covid-19 cases and so far only one death, of an 87-year-old with ‘underlying pathologies’ – has been dubbed as
American company to invest €510 million in Alentejan resort
North American ‘Discovery Land Company’ is reported to be in negotiations with pulping company Semapa to buy the 200-hectare Costa Terra touristic project in the Alentejo, near Grândola. The €510
Senior bikers discover “spectacular” Alentejo coast
Members of the Algarve Senior Bikers (ASB) enjoyed an interesting tour of the “spectacular Alentejo coast” under the guidance of Alain Balouzet and John Redding on Monday, April 29. After
Hundreds of birds killed by ‘intensive olive picking’ in the Alentejo
Hundreds of small birds are being slaughtered by mechanical ‘olive harvesting’ that takes place at night in the Alentejo. Conservationists at Quercus, the country’s oldest environmental NGO, are demanding the
Network trafficking “large groups of illegal migrants” foiled by GNR
GNR police have foiled a trafficking network moving large groups of migrant agricultural workers to the Alentejan coast. A swoop made just before Easter identified a business based in São