The National Statistics Institute (INE) announced today that the year-on-year rate of change in the Consumer Price Index (CPI) increased to 9.3% in September, compared to 8.9% in August, reaching the maximum since October 1992.
A 23 year old fisherman died this morning, following the sinking of a fishing vessel off Praia da Salema, in the municipality of Vila do Bispo. The cause of the shipwreck is currently unknown.
The parish councils of Monchique and Portimão came together last night, to promote the tradition of 'Banho de 29' at Praia do Vau, Portimão.
In the last week, the GNR carried out a safety campaign in the district with the aim of preventing and combating violent crime and road surveillance, resulting in the detaining of 56 people in the Algarve, mostly for driving under the influence of alcohol.
According to data recently released from Anacom, the Algarve is the area where the most complaints about CTT’s service arise:, with delays of almost a month in the delivery of mail.
A Fiat 500 car overturned on the A22 yesterday morning around11 am, after the driver passed out behind the wheel of the car he had just rented.
A care institution in Boliqueime is being investigated after the son of an elderly resident filmed his 86 year old mother in bed, covered in ants.
Autumn in Portugal officially begins today, September 23rd, with forecasts of somewhat cloudy skies and temperatures oscillating between 21 and 31 degrees Celsius, according to the Portuguese Institute of the Sea and the Atmosphere (IPMA).
