It sounds like something from a movie, but a young female thief stole a suitcase containing €30,000 from the woman in the car park of a supermarket in Almancil, after convincing the victim she'd dropped some coins near the back of her car.
The construction of the new Praia de Faro bridge is a long running ambition of the municipality, with several years of advances and setbacks.
A 52 year old workman has died in an electrocution accident, in Estoi, when the crane he was manoeuvering touched a high voltage cable.
A serious accident, which took place on 12 August 2022, left an 18 year old young man hospitalised for 17 days at Faro Hospital. His mother is desperate to find witnesses who saw what really happened.
Dramatic developments previously expected this week involving the Portuguese diplomat João Vale de Almeida have probably been put on hold for the period of mourning for Queen Elizabeth ll.
Condolences books will be available daily at the British Embassy in Lisbon and at the Vice Consulate in Portimão.
In the United Kingdom, the press state the monarch's role in defining what the UK is today. Some newspapers even call her “the mother of the Nation” and thank her for her 70 years and 214 days of service to the country.
As of today, Faro Airport will be renamed Gago Coutinho Airport, in honour of the admiral born in São Brás de Alportel, Algarve, who made the first air crossing of the South Atlantic, on a trip between Lisbon and Rio de Janeiro in January 1922.
