Portugal’s Rt ‘falls’ along with ‘incidence’ rating – but Germany red-lists Algarve and Azores
On a day when only four people have died with Covid-19 and the active case count has fallen along with Portugal’s Rt number and incidence rating, Germany has announced that
Portimão ends free delivery service as restaurants reopen
PTMàMesa, the delivery service launched by Portimão Council in January which allowed residents to order food from a local restaurant and have it delivered to their doorstep for free, has
Race against time to ‘save’ €80 million MotoGP promises for Algarve and Portugal in general
Despite earlier reports to the contrary, it seems negotiations are still ongoing to try and ‘save’ the €80 million in revenue that the Algarve risks losing if members of the
Renovations begin at Portimão’s old fish market
Portimão’s old rundown fish market, commonly referred to locally as the ‘Lota’, is finally undergoing renovations. Scaffolding was erected around the building this week as the council prepares to begin
Portimão clears land ahead of critical forest fire season
Portimão Council is carrying out land clearing works in the borough’s rural areas ahead of the start of the critical forest fire season on July 1. Until the end of
Covid outbreak among Algarve construction workers “a real problem”, says expert
Óscar Felgueiras, the mathematician involved in establishing the government’s slow plan for deconfinement, has explained why the outbreak of Covid-19 in Portimão’s construction sector is ‘a real problem’. The bottom
‘Social support costs’ skyrocket in Algarve borough’s most dependent on tourism
Albufeira, Portimão and Loulé – all of them boroughs currently under threat of not moving forwards in the next phase of deconfinement – are also the areas where social support
Free delivery service generates €130,000 for Portimão restaurants
PTMàMesa, a free delivery service launched by Portimão Council in January, has generated around €130,000 for the local restaurant sector – more than double the amount the council invested in
Portimão announces mass testing following Covid outbreak among construction workers
Mass testing is due to begin today (March 24) in Portimão following an outbreak of Covid-19 among local construction workers. The goal is to avoid compromising the deconfinement plan that
Portimão tests municipal emergency plan with tsunami exercise
Portimão’s readiness to react to a natural disaster was tested on Wednesday, March 10 when the borough took part in an international tsunami exercise called ‘NeamWave21’. Explains Portimão Council in