A shortage of staff has once again disrupted pre-hospital emergency responses in the Algarve, with several INEM ambulances out of service on Monday, 12th January. As the day progressed, the situation ...

The government is set to invest €52.5 million in rivers and streams across the Algarve and Alentejo under ‘Pró-Rios’, a national ecological restoration programme, it was announced on Monday, 12th ...

Speaking at the briefing following the Council of Ministers, the Minister of the Presidency, António Leitão Amaro, referred to a decades-long “dream” that has now been “fulfilled” by this Democratic ...

The Prime Minister went on to announce that the PSD/CDS-PP Government had approved “the acquisition of 275 new vehicles for INEM, with an investment of €16.8 million”, adding: “This includes 63 ...

José Pimenta Machado, president of the Portuguese Environment Agency (APA), has revealed that, “for the first time, the average volume of water stored in Algarve reservoirs (87%) has exceeded the ...

It has been reported that a 68-year-old man died on Wednesday, 7 January, in Tavira after waiting more than an hour for a delayed emergency services responde, according to a family source quoted by ...

It has been revealed that the director of the Department of Management and Finance, and the head of the Occupational Health and Safety Unit, at Albufeira City Council have been suspended following an ...

A 72-year-old foreign national has been arrested by the Judiciary Police (PJ) on suspicion of attempting to kill another elderly foreign resident with a knife at a caravan park in Albufeira, where ...

“We cannot tolerate excessive noise” linked to nightlife, Lisbon’s Mayor Carlos Moedas has stated. The exceptional measure, a ban (with limits depending on day and time) on the public consumption of ...

Speaking in the Algarve this Monday, 5th January, Chega presidential candidate André Ventura accused Luís Montenegro of wanting a “puppet” in the presidential palace, and of being ‘afraid’ of his ...

Local Social Democratic Party (PSD) politicians have accused Faro City Council of raising water prices at the start of the year, while calling for efficiency measures to avoid what it describes as ...

The case was first reported today, Wednesday, 7 January, by news agency Lusa and has since sparked controversy, coming just days after a new INEM triage system came into force. According to statements ...