Bragança-Portimão air link moves forward
Route || It is all systems go for the air link to connect Portimão with Bragança in the north – via Cascais, Viseu and Vila Real. Following a successful emergency
Portimão’s reviled civil protection tax faces court embargo
Portimão’s universally-hated new civil protection tax is now well and truly under threat. The administrative and fiscal court of Loulé has accepted an injunction bid presented by a group of
Portimão Hospital holding Christmas Party for children and youngsters at risk
Portimão Hospital will hold a Christmas party this Saturday afternoon (December 13) in a bid to collect donations for, and “lift the spirits of”, the children and youngsters that it
Portimão streets fill with Christmas cheer
It’s back again for its second year and promises to bring Christmas cheer to Portimão’s streets. Organised by local non-profit association Teia D’ Impulsos, ‘Caminho dos Presépios’ (Nativity Scene Route)
Portimão’s civil protection tax has already brought in €700,000
The controversial civil protection tax created recently by Portimão council has already raised €700,000 – and that’s with only 60% of residents having paid it. Portuguese media reports over the
Dramatic rescue as British resident gets swept away by floodwaters
A British woman experienced moments of sheer terror yesterday after the car she was driving careered off the road between Monchique and Portimão and plunged into the fast moving waters
Portimão's Vai-Vem bus network in danger of closing
Portimão’s Vai-Vem bus network and many other services are in serious danger of closing altogether as costly insurance contracts are coming up for renewal. The Court of Auditors put the
Portimão’s reviled new tax: Did the Mayor tell the truth?
Socialist Mayor Isilda Gomes is accused of having bent the truth to justify charging Portimão residents the maximum in IMI (rates) tax and introducing a reviled new “civil protection levy”
Horror in Portimão hypermarket
Police are investigating the horrific discovery of a woman crushed to death in a paper-pulping machine at the back of Continente hypermarket at Cruz de Parteira in Portimão. The 37-year-old
Autumn fairs in Silves and Portimão
It’s fair time again in the Algarve! As we went to press, Silves was set to hold its traditional ‘Feira de Todos os Santos’ between October 30 and November 2