Algarve Daily News10 AugPortimão aerodrome crash: 28-year-old pilot of ‘advertising banner aircraft’ identified as João Martinho
A 28-year-old Portuguese pilot has died after a light aircraft crashed at Portimão Municipal Aerodrome on Saturday morning, 8 August.
Algarve Daily News10 AugAlentejo rail users criticise ‘broken air conditioning in temperatures exceeding 40°C, seat-booking difficulties, and delays’
The Alentejo Railway Users’ Committee has criticised railway operators for difficulties booking seats, “constant delays”, and poor conditions on the trains operating between Beja and Casa Branca, in the municipality of Montemor-o-Novo. These services connect Beja with the wider rail network towards Lisbon and the Algar
Algarve Daily News10 AugWednesday's eclipse: a town-by-town Algarve viewing guide, free to use
This Wednesday evening, 12 August, the Algarve gets its deepest solar eclipse since 1912, with the sun around 92% covered between 18:33 and 20:24.
Algarve Daily News7 Aug‘Algarve is a rich region, but with poor workers’: Trouble in paradise, as locals call for changes to the region’s paradoxical economy
A street demonstration in Faro today, 7 August, organised by the Algarve Trade Union Federation (USAL), called for an end to precarious employment, higher wages, and better living conditions for everyone in the region.
Algarve Daily News7 AugKanye West takes to the stage in Algarve, despite outcry from Israeli ambassador over singer’s antisemitic comments
With doors set to open at 5pm, and the concert due to begin at 9pm, the concert marks the US musician’s third performance in Portugal.
Algarve Daily News7 AugLisbon: Foreigner kidnapped, beaten, and held hostage for two days, as police arrest two Bangladeshi suspects
A 33-year-old foreign national was kidnapped and assaulted for two days in Lisbon, before being released following the payment of a ransom. Two other foreign nationals, aged 35 and 43, were arrested by Portugal’s Judiciary Police (PJ) in an operation codenamed “Taka”, after the official currency of Bangladesh.
Algarve Daily News6 AugAlgarve’s hospitals ‘being prepared to be moved into private hands’, local nurses warn
The Portuguese Nurses’ Union (SEP) has expressed concern over the possibility that management of the Algarve’s regional health board, the Unidade Local de Saúde (ULS), could be transferred to the private sector.
Algarve Daily News6 AugLagos: Foreign drug dealers’ balcony escape ends in serious injury, as two suspects arrested with cannabis, cocaine, and MDMA
Two foreign nationals, aged 27 and 35, who were allegedly part of a drug trafficking network, were arrested in Lagos on Wednesday, 5 August. One of the men was seriously injured after attempting to jump from a balcony in an effort to escape.
Algarve Daily News5 AugAlgarve Removals found to have no involvement in transport of illegal migrants, after viral video shows four men emerging from hole in lorry
A video circulating on social media appears to show four suspected migrants emerging from the roof of a lorry operated by Algarve Removals, a company specialising in international removals between Spain, Portugal, and the UK.
Algarve Daily News5 Aug'Street value of around €500 million': Five tonnes of cocaine seized by Portuguese authorities from shipping containers in Sines
Portugal’s Judicial Police (PJ) have seized five tonnes of cocaine from a container ship searched on Tuesday, 4 August, at the Port of Sines, in the Setúbal district located to the South of Lisbon, the police force announced today.
Algarve Daily News4 AugAlbufeira: GNR arrest four nightclub pickpockets, recovering 29 stolen mobile phones
The GNR detained four men on Sunday, 2 August, suspected of stealing wallets and mobile phones from customers leaving nightlife venues in the municipality of Albufeira.
Algarve Daily News4 Aug‘Tourism is losing steam in Portugal’: The death of a golden goose, or are other industries just catching up?
Tourism continues to bring in more than €36 billion, and accounts for roughly 11.8% of Portugal’s GDP, but while this contribution remains remarkable, the economic growth it represents has fallen to its lowest level since the pandemic.
Algarve Daily News4 AugAlgarvians to take to streets of Faro in protest against low wages and rising cost of living
The Algarve Union of Trade Unions (USAL/CGTP-IN) has called a regional day of action for 7 August in Faro, demanding better living and working conditions, and warning of what it describes as a labour market marked by insecurity, low wages, and a rising cost of living.
Algarve Daily News3 AugPortuguese military increase presence along Algarve’s coast, following incursion of 60,000 Moroccan migrants in Ceuta
The Portuguese Maritime Police, along with the Navy, have stepped up surveillance of the country’s maritime border through regular daily patrols by sea and land along the Algarve coast, following the recent migration crisis in Ceuta, Spain.
Algarve Daily News3 AugAljezur: Spanish couple allegedly photographed women and children on Algarve beach, then allowed to leave freely
The calm at Monte Clérigo beach in the Algarve’s Aljezur was broken over the weekend, when a Spanish couple were allegedly caught photographing scantily-clad women and children. Murmurs of indignation among beachgoers quickly turned to anger, with reports indicating that several beachgoers decided to confront the pair.
Algarve Daily News31 Jul‘Construction must halt along erosion-prone parts of the Algarve’s coast’: Greenpeace Portugal warns of disaster waiting to happen
A report released by Greenpeace Portugal is proposing a moratorium on new tourism projects in areas exposed to erosion or coastal flooding, along with the restoration of dunes, and the planned retreat of buildings and infrastructure in places where the advance of the sea can no longer be sustainably halted. The environ
Algarve Daily News31 JulLisbon: Woman arrested after allegedly brandishing gun at restaurant staff in Parque das Nações
A 36-year-old woman suspected of threatening staff at a restaurant in Lisbon’s Parque das Nações after allegedly brandishing a pistol during a confrontation in June has been arrested weeks later by the Public Security Police (PSP).
Algarve Daily News30 JulAlgarve’s hospitals left with €1.23m black hole from unpaid bills owed by tourists
An audit by Portugal’s Health Activities Inspectorate (IGAS) has found that the Algarve Local Health Unit (ULS Algarve), the region’s public hospital entity, is owed €1,234,358 for healthcare provided in 2023 and 2024 to foreign nationals who are not resident in Portugal.
Algarve Daily News30 JulPolice bust criminal network in Algarve responsible for defrauding over €1.6 million: Seven arrested
The Judicial Police (PJ), through its Southern Directorate, has detained seven men suspected of belonging to an organised criminal network, based largely in the Algarve, and allegedly involved in acquiring companies through so-called “front men”, with the aim of defrauding businesses and financial institutions.
Algarve Daily News29 JulAlgarve: Golfing legends to descend on Vilamoura this weekend for the PGA Tour Portugal Invitational, as over-50s battle for €2.6 million
Some of the biggest names in world golf are set to return to Vilamoura from Friday to Sunday for the inaugural Portugal Invitational, the first-ever PGA Tour-sanctioned event to be staged in Portugal. The event forms part of the PGA Tour Champions circuit for players aged 50 and over, with the tournament guaranteed to
Algarve Daily News28 JulBritish surfer Arran Strong, 27, named as man missing off Aljezur coast, as search for expat continues despite fog
The foreign national who vanished off the coast of Arrifana beach, in the Algarve, on Monday, 27 July, has been named as British surfer Arran Strong, 27. The man disappeared off the coast of Aljezur while undertaking a stand-up paddle crossing. Authorities revealed that today’s search efforts had been severely hampered
Algarve Daily News28 Jul‘The burqa law comes to Silves’: Anglo-Portuguese author Isabel Stilwell slams Silves Cathedral over conservative dress code
Anglo-Portuguese journalist and author Isabel Stilwell, 66, has alleged that she was prevented from entering Silves Cathedral after being told her exposed shoulders and knees breached the monument's dress code.
Algarve Daily News28 Jul54-year-old arsonist arrested in Olhão after allegedly lighting Fuseta forest fire with cigarette
A 54-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of deliberately starting a forest fire in Fuseta by discarding a lit cigarette, with the blaze only being contained thanks to the swift response of firefighters.
Algarve Daily News27 JulAlgarve: 28-year-old man vanishes while paddleboarding on Aljezur beach, after friend loses sight of him
Search teams are attempting to locate a 28-year-old man who was reported missing on Monday morning, 27 July, while stand-up paddleboarding off Arrifana Beach, in the municipality of Aljezur, the Portuguese National Maritime Authority (AMN) has said.