Free dirt carpark is “sweetener” for visitors, as paid-parking to be introduced in Praia da Rocha
A free dirt car park has opened in Praia da Rocha, near the roundabout to Portimão Marina, increasing the holiday resort’s parking capacity by 1,000. Portimão town hall said the
Portuguese councils fight government plans to close hundreds of primary schools
The government’s increasingly unpopular zeal to close down village schools has led to at least 10 injunctions being lodged in the courts. Público newspaper reports that more may follow. The
Legacy of an agricultural era
Transforming the landscape of Southern Iberia, the waterwheel was the single most important item of technology to be introduced in the 8th century, shortly after Arab forces invaded from Morocco.
€600 million of German submarine deal money to go to green energy
The controversial deal with Germany over Portugal’s purchase of two submarines will finally see €600 million being ploughed into the economy. According to Correio da Manhã newspaper, the money will
Unemployment down, but still above EU average
Portugal’s unemployment rate dropped from 14.6% to 14.3% in May – the lowest rate registered since December 2011 – but Eurostat data shows that Portugal is still above the European
“Ronaldo, your hair grows back. The rainforest does not”
Portuguese football star Cristiano Ronaldo could soon be joining an environmentalists’ mission to save the world’s rainforests. That is, however, if all goes according to Rainforest Foundation Norway’s (RFN) possibly
Irish Ambassador to Portugal visits the Algarve
The Irish Ambassador to Portugal, Her Excellency Anne Webster, will visit the Algarve to meet Irish citizens living and on holiday in the region. On Saturday, July 12 the Ambassador
“Yes, we have … cocaine!” Lidl back in the Portuguese news with banana-blues
Dragged back into the limelight after a number of armed raids on its stores in the north of Portugal, Lidl this week has been found to be stocking … cocaine!
Inspirational mother-of-four leaves Algarve for life-changing journey
She calls it “Chapter 3” and it certainly reads like something out of a book. After the “mother years” seeing four children through school in the Algarve, Janet Tartaglia –
Madeleine latest: Met wants to “sweep Luz shop for clues”
As Met detectives wound up their latest round of interrogations in Faro – with a police source affirming the Madeleine investigation was “back to where it was seven years ago”