Government under fire over “illegal” Ria Formosa home demolitions
The bitter row over government plans to demolish 600 island homes in Ria Formosa has escalated this week with Faro council unanimously throwing its weight behind threatened islanders. As citizens
Madeleine detectives “scaled back” while new British ‘witnesses’ face questioning
The escalation of ‘new’ stories in the long-running Madeleine investigation continues unabated this week with revelations that British residents in Praia da Luz are now among new witnesses due to
Russian research vessel located in Portuguese national waters
Days after Russian bombers twice invaded air space under Portuguese jurisdiction, a Russian research vessel has had to be escorted from waters within Portugal’s exclusive economic zone. Not only was
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
UPDATE “Armed and dangerous” drug trafficker still on the run
A suspected drug trafficker – one of seven men targeted in a police swoop near Faro yesterday – remains on the run, PSP police confirmed to the Resident today (Wednesday).
Allgarve-era “white elephants” cater for seagulls more than people
Debt || In a dismal report this week, Público draws attention to the fall from grace and promised dizzy-heights of two Algarve congress centres. The grandly-named arenas, within 10 minutes’
Help-Portrait movement arrives in the Algarve
Silves || When in 2008 a young Hollywood photographer, Jeremy Cowart, decided to photograph underprivileged families and individuals in a photo studio and make them feel like celebrities, even if
Novo Banco sale unlikely to take place before next April
The “quick sale” of Novo Banco – designed to recover the massive €3.9 billion bailout ploughed into the bank that morphed from the ashes of scandal-torn BES – is unlikely
Portugal’s standard of education dropped to 47th place
It’s one ranking that Portugal’s politicians will be trying not to highlight this week. Educationally, Portugal has now fallen behind the standards of even Mongolia – a country characterised by
Killings in Switzerland leaves 3 Portuguese dead
Police in Switzerland have described the triple deaths of Portuguese in the tourist village of Wilderswill, near Bern, as a “crime of passion”. A jilted husband shot his ex-wife and