Student outreach event in Aljezur hears red-listed species live along riverbanks
A lucky few environmentally-interested people, families and school kids got the full benefit of a fascinating, new Erasmus+ student project last Saturday that has been based in Aljezur for the
Parents “mobilize against masks”: Algarve judge grants preliminary injunction
Early this year, the Loulé Tax and Administrative Court granted a preliminary injunction in favor of two parents of high school students in Aljezur. One of them filed a preliminary injunction
Citizens fight sees court grant embargo on ‘riverbank work’ underway in Aljezur
As of yesterday afternoon, all work on a ‘riverbank recovery’ project in Aljezur has been stopped by order of Loulé’s administrative and fiscal court. For local citizens adamant their river
Cancer-linked chemical to be used on Aljezur riverbanks: citizens “very unhappy”
A meeting on Thursday night broke up in Aljezur with the citizens who pushed for it less than reassured. They had requested the session after learning that the Câmara plans
Home sweet home: Aljezur’s sweet potato festival returns this month!
Aljezur’s Sweet Potato Festival is returning between November 26 and 28 in a bid to show everyone why locals consider Aljezur’s sweet potatoes to be the “best in the world.”
New swoop on Costa Vicentina ‘wild camping’ sees dozens fined
The latest swoop by authorities on ‘wild campers’ in beachside hideaways within the protected Costa Vicentina resulted in dozens of people receiving fines last Saturday. Authorities concentrated this time on
Belgian woman and child rescued after being caught in rip current at Praia da Amoreira
A 40-year-old woman and a 10-year-old child were rescued on Saturday afternoon after being caught in a strong rip current at Praia da Amoreira in Aljezur. The woman and child,
Going against the flow: the Algarve borough with the highest number of births…
…. Is Aljezur! One of the region’s smallest, most rural boroughs on the far west coast below the border with the Alentejo. Totally contradicting the ‘norm’ as registered by the
Down to just one doctor: Aljezur Council demands “immediate solutions”
Aljezur Council has sent an open letter to the Ministry of Health denouncing the shortage of healthcare professionals and family doctors in the borough, which is now down to “just
Anger and frustration as Portugal’s next deconfinement evaluation looms
Tomorrow (April 27) sees the next ‘evaluation’ of the virus outbreak situation in Portugal. With 43 boroughs’ current ‘day-to-day’ on the line (click here), there is enormous frustration at how