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Algarve Daily News28 OctCrooked former Algarve mayor and ex-MP go on trial in Faro on corruption charges: ‘Cabrita received €10,000 per month in cash’
Former Vila Real de Santo António mayor Conceição Cabrita and former MP António Gameiro went on trial at Faro Court on Monday, 26 October, accused of passive corruption, the legal term for accepting a bribe. Cabrita admitted receiving money from a local businessman, but described it as a “loan” which she hoped to use i
Algarve Daily News22 OctWest Nile virus found in bird along Algarve’s Guadiana river, putting border area on alert
The detection of West Nile virus in a bird at Costa Esuri, on the Spanish side of the Guadiana river, has led Andalusian authorities to place the area on alert, as well as raising concerns just a stone's throw away in the Algarve municipalities of Vila Real de Santo António and Castro Marim.
Algarve Daily News2 OctAlgarve: Vengeful pensioner, 72, arrested after attempt to ambush neighbour with rifle goes wrong
A 72-year-old man suspected of shooting at another man after mistaking him for someone else in the rural Algarve area of Vila Real de Santo António has been arrested by Portugal’s Judicial Police (PJ) on suspicion of attempted murder and possession of a prohibited firearm, following months of police investigation.
Algarve Daily News24 AugAlgarve: Dramatic Guadiana boat chase ends with seven arrests and 5.3 tonnes of hashish seized
Portugal’s National Republican Guard (GNR) has seized 5.3 tonnes of hashish and arrested seven men during an operation carried out over the weekend along the Guadiana River, in the Algarve municipalities of Vila Real de Santo António and Castro Marim, the security force announced today, 24 August.