Major increases in passenger numbers at Lisbon/Porto airports
Lisbon and Porto are among the European airports that registered the largest passenger increases of 2014. According to a recent report by the Airports Council International – Europe, passenger traffic
Extraordinary case of bank manager who stole €3 million to make his branch “look good”
BPN || It’s an extraordinary story – all the more bizarre for the fact that it relates to the bank that bombed in 2008 in an inextricable confusion of corruption
Bakery chain seeks 300 new staff
Portuguese bakery chain ‘A Padaria Portuguesa’ has announced that it will be hiring 300 people by the end of 2016. According to the company, more employees are needed so that
Unemployment truth (finally!): only a fifth of those on the dole go back to work in Portugal
At last the extent to which the authorities ‘spin’ figures has been unmasked. Of the well-publicised “fall in unemployment” last year, only a fifth of people registered as unemployed in
Portuguese building destroyed by volcano wins top design award
Architecture || It is a bittersweet accolade. Portuguese architects have won a top building award – but their creation lies in ruins, destroyed by last year’s volcanic eruption on Ilha
High flood risk affects 54 Portuguese areas
Portugal’s environmental agency (APA) has announced that 54 areas in Portugal – five of which are in the Algarve – are “critically” prone to flooding. A study conducted by APA
Power cut off at Clube Praia da Rocha “because residents don’t pay bills”
Condominium || Green Stairs, the company that manages part of Clube Praia da Rocha in Portimão, has said that residents are living without power and water because “they do not
Portimão offers guided walks
Nature || Portimão council has presented the 2015 schedule of its guided walks through the most interesting areas of the borough. The first takes place on February 21, with a
Spanish media says company Vilamoura management company “has been sold”
The ongoing mystery over the future of Vilamoura may have reached an end. Spanish online news portal Idealista wrote yesterday (Friday, February 6) that Lusort, the company that manages Vilamoura
Minds boggle over Faro’s “No Turismo” hoarding
An Algarve borough council’s publicity department has once again shot itself in the foot with a spectacular lack of finesse for any known language. Faro council is no stranger to