Portugal’s Judicial Police is investigating a wave of fraudulent activity where cyber-crooks have duped PayPal customers into revealing their account details.
Seemingly genuine emails are being sent to Portuiguese PayPal account holders asking for personal data, claiming that their account is locked.
Praia da Rocha, Três Castelos, Vau, Alvor Nascente - Três Irmãos and Alvor Poente, as well as Marina de Portimão give the struggling municipality of Portimão every chance of a good summer as all of the council's beaches have gained coveted Blue Flag status.
The beaches have satisfied stringent criteria including information and environmental education, water quality, environmental management and equipment, as well as security and allied services.
The GNR in Albufeira witnessed a robbery taking place, chased the thief and arrested the man who had successfully relieved a British tourist of his wallet.
The robber was observed, saw he had been spotted by the GNR and fled on foot through the winding streets of the old town but was no match for the fitter, faster GNR team who arrested him and returned the wallet to the surprised tourist.
Barclays has announced that it will axe 19,000 jobs in the next three years, 7,000 of them in its investment bank, as announced by its chief executive Antony Jenkins.
The cuts will include 9,000 in the UK.
Police in France, still struggling to protect tourists from pickpockets, are to draft in Chinese police to help.
The Chinese officers will be posted to key landmarks to prevent Chinese visitors – around 1 million visiting France every year – being targeted by pickpockets and muggers.
Fast-food employees in 33 countries have set a global day of protest and strike action next week in a bid to gain better pay and conditions.
The workers got together for the first time under the aegis of an international trade union, the International Union of Food Workers.
The Algarve’s councils have challenged the proposed privatisation of the region’s waste collection and treatment company Algar on the grounds of ‘public interest.’
The mayors’ group for the Algarve (Amal) has issued an objection to privatisation plans for the company, arguing that it "should only proceed if all municipalities agree" - which they are unlikely to.
The Algarve Tourism Board yesterday launched an essential tool in promoting another niche market, this time to wine lovers. The Algarve Wine Route is in fact four wine tourism itineraries taking in seven wineries.
The President of the Algarve Tourism Board said the agency has been working with the Algarve Wine Commission to get the plan off the ground and the engagement of the wine producers in Lagos, Portimão, Lagoa and Albufeira has amde the new routes possible.
