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 News15 Oct“Perverse incentive”: Environmentalists attack Foupana dam, warning that project will cut off Algarve’s last free-flowing stream to feed avocado farm demand
Quercus, the environmental NGO based in Lisbon, has come out firmly against the planned Foupana dam in the Algarve municipalities of Alcoutim and Castro Marim. The association argues that it would destroy the last large ecological corridor left untouched in the Sotavento (eastern Algarve), threaten protected species, a
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.
Algarve Daily News16 JunAlgarve: Newly-constructed freshwater beach opens at Odeleite Dam on 26 June, featuring a bar, pools, and seating area
Odeleite Beach, a newly-constructed freshwater beach located at the dam of the same name in Castro Marim, Algarve, is set to open on 26 June and will be available to the public until the end of August.