The Algarve and Beja regions are under a yellow warning due to the forecast of sometimes heavy showers, today and Wednesday.

Two members of the Maritime Police were injured after the vessel on which they were travelling was violently by another vessel, off the Algarve coast, in what now seems to be a regular occcurence of drug trafficking.

The driver of a motorcycle died early this Sunday, on the A22, in the Altura area of Castro Marim, following an accident at around 4.30am.

A 26 year old man arrested on suspicion of drug trafficking, is also thought to be the murderer of two Algarve women, Sandra Andrade and Josiele Rodrigues.

Maritime authorities intercepted two high-speed vessels in international waters south of the Algarve coast, suspected of carrying a narcotic products.

The body of a woman, around 60 years old, was found yesterday floating in the Guadiana River, at Docapesca, in Vila Real de Santo António.

The chairman of the Higher Education Evaluation Committee has warned of the possible disappearance of some higher education institutions and the need for the merger of others, due to the forecasts of a drastic reduction in students.

Over the last few months the Portuguese administration has made significant progress in rolling out appointments so UK nationals, who are registered on SEF’s Brexit Portal, can obtain a biometric WA residence card.