A body was discovered today, 1st May, in the Ria Formosa lagoon, close to Faro Island, a peninsula along the coast of Faro, after shellfish gatherers raised the alarm, according to Portuguese tabloid ...

Portugal’s president used his Labour Day bank holiday address to warn of mounting economic and social pressures on workers, arguing that insecure employment and rising living costs are undermining the ...

Portugal’s government has appointed former Algarve mayor and environment official Macário Correia to lead a newly created state company tasked with delivering one of the country’s largest water ...

The Bank of England has maintained the base interest rate at 3.75%, though it issued a firm warning that hikes are looming. The primary driver for this hawkish shift is the ongoing conflict in Iran, ...

Prime Minister Luís Montenegro said on Thursday that the government is aware inflation has risen and that “the cost of living is increasing”, which is a cause for concern but “not yet a reason for ...

Ryanair has called for the suspension of the EU’s Entry/Exit System (EES) until September, citing long queues at Portuguese airports and warning of the potential impact on passengers during the peak ...

The Algarve will be host to 86 prestigious Blue Flag beaches this year, one more than in 2025, following the addition of Albufeira de Odeleite and Verde Lago beach in Castro Marim, whilst Praia dos ...

Since March 2025, nearly 3,000 bottles have been submerged in the marina. Quinta do Canhoto is testing a 2023 Alicante Bouschet across multiple ageing methods, including bottles and a 225-litre French ...

One man has been arrested and €4.8 million seized in an operation carried out by the Portimão Criminal Investigation Department of Portugal’s Judicial Police (PJ). The illegally sourced cash was ...

Opening today, April 30th at the Palácio Gama Lobo, ceramic artist Catarina Gonçalves presents "Fragmentos de Memória" (Traces of Memory), a solo exhibition exploring the intersection of natural ...

Users of the Via do Infante motorway (A22) in the Algarve are warning that the road has reached an advanced state of deterioration, claiming that the increasingly worn surface now poses a growing ...

The culturally valuable Cork Museum in Silves is set to reopen on 4th July this year, after spending 16 long years closed and slowly decaying. This assurance was given to reporters from the Algarve’s ...