The Municipality of Albufeira, along with four workers unions, have formalised an agreement that council workers will be exempt from working on their birthday, to promote a feeling of well-being in the workplace.
Missing since Sunday from Faro hospital, 56 year old Carlos Santos from Alte is Bipolar and Schizophrenic and more than likely very disoriented. If anyone has seen him in Faro or surroundings, please contact family members, or the authorities.
The text on the decriminalisation of medically assisted death is to be considered today in a final global vote in parliament, an issue that has crossed three legislatures and has already had two presidential vetoes.
An Air Transat plane carrying 148 passengers bound for Toronto, Canada, made an emergency landing at Gago Coutinho Airport in Faro yesterday.
On 8th and 9th December, cabin crew for TAP Air will strike over wage cuts, staff shortages and poor working conditions. The airline has already announced the cancellation of 360 flights and the walkout is likely to affect around 50,000 passengers across Portugal.
The Movement in Defense of Cancer Patients in the Algarve have scheduled a vigil against the sending of cancer patients from the Algarve to Seville for the 13th, in front of Loulé Town Hall.
A young man, aged around 30, was found dead by early this Sunday morning, near Fonte Férrea in São Brás de Alportel.
This Monday, the Civil Protection registered around 30 occurrences of flooding across the Algarve due to the heavy rain.
