Horror in Carvoeiro as van ploughs into holidaymakers’ car
A young holidaymaker is dead and another is fighting for her life after a violent crash in Carvoeiro on Tuesday which also claimed three other victims. The tragedy happened around
Teachers and parent protest against school closure on Faro Island
A protest against the closure of the Ilha do Ancão Primary School on Faro Island was held on June 13. Led by the Teachers’ Union of the South, teachers and
Honda Portugal recalls 5,000 ‘fire risk’ vehicles
If you are driving a Honda from the year 2000 to 2005, you should read on. Your car may be a free-wheeling fire-trap. The reason stems from a fault in
Young woman dies and four injured in Carvoeiro crash
A young woman believed to be French and aged between 18 – 20 died this afternoon (June 24) in a car crash just outside the CEPSA fuel station near Carvoeiro.
Gas confirmed as cause behind Lagoa’s killer explosion
As friends and neighbours came to terms with the tragic deaths of long-term Algarve residents Glyn Uzzell and Paul Fonck, police have today (June 24) intimated the explosion that killed
Euro 2004 England fans, finally stand trial
Ten years after being arrested for disturbances following an England game in 2004’s Euro football championship, 25 England fans are due to go on trial in Portugal on July 1
Artist risks three years in jail over winning installation
The Portuguese take their flag incredibly seriously. Nonetheless, President Cavaco Silva got away with hoisting it upside down at a state ceremony two years ago. Only just … the PR
One dead and another missing in Lagoa explosion
UPDATE: An elderly foreign resident has been killed and another is still missing in a huge gas explosion that rocked the Caramujeira/Vale Rei area of Lagoa in the early hours
RTP to promote China, and vice-versa
Television || RTP, Portugal’s national broadcasting channel, has signed a collaboration deal with Chinese television (CCTV) to produce two documentaries, to be screened in both countries. Said Alberto da Ponte,
Cannabis tent
A GNR swoop on the property of a German man in Armação de Pêra last week netted a low-key but nonetheless sophisticated cannabis plantation, centred in a tent rigged up