Portugal’s Iberian Lynx (almost) back in the wild
It won’t be long now before the Silves-based Iberian Lynx reproduction centre releases an unspecified number of wild cats back into the wild. A government announcement made this week said:
Silves fair shame
By NATASHA DONN news@algarveresident.com A shameful display of political posturing has rocked a 100-year- old fair in the Algarve. The bustling three-day fair that would normally start on All Saints
Tax revenue
Tax revenue between January and September totalled more than €1.8 billion – that is 7.5% more money entering the state’s coffers compared to the same period in 2012. Personal income
Union condemns ‘almost inhumane’ working conditions in malls
Cesp, the union for commercial workers, has revealed that more and more shopping centre employees are appealing for help over “almost inhumane” working conditions. In a statement released this week,
Found dead
A 72-year-old foreign resident, reported missing for some time, was found dead in his living room last week. PJ police are investigating and will await the results of an autopsy.
Portugal’s “top” five places to live
Five municipalities have been considered the best places to live in, according to their economic, social and environmental projects. The choice has been made by INTEC – the behavioural technology
Tavira drug boss caught red handed
A police swoop on a family home in Tavira in the Algarve has uncovered a complex drug laboratory believed to have been one of the “principle supply points” for cannabis
A small company with a big reputation
For over a decade, family-run business Fires of Portugal in Salir has been supplying and fitting inset and freestanding log burning fires, in addition to providing servicing for most log
Faro to focus on health and wellness tourism
Faro is going all out to attract health and wellness tourism and reduce bureaucracy in order to prompt local investment. Addressing a conference of the Portuguese Association of Hospital Hospitality