In what could become the first of many arbitrations, the Algarve Centre for Consumer Arbitration in Faro is fighting for a consumer in a dispute against Feira dos Sofas ("FDS") furniture chain of stores.
A total of 100 GNR officers have been involved since March 2021, to dismantle a family network of loan sharks, who lent money at “high interest” to then extort their 'customers', terrorising them with threats.
The cities with the best air quality in Europe in 2020 and 2021 were the Portuguese cities of Faro and Funchal, and Umeå city, in Sweden, according to the European Environment Agency (EEA).
But only if you can afford €2500 per night! The iconic red palace, next to the beach at Armação de Pêra is no longer a family holiday home, but is now luxury holiday accommodation, managed by the Vila Vita Parc resort.
The Municipality of Olhão is in the process of replacing traditional public lighting with LED technology, to make the municipality more efficient and sustainable from an energy point of view.
The Prime Minister, António Costa, said today that the country is better prepared to fight fires, but that should not diminish the responsibility of each and every one of us, to avoid risky behavior that could cause fires.
The European Union is bracing itself for a difficult wildfire season, with hundreds of firefighters from different member states being deployed as the drought in southern European countries could become "the worst ever".
European Central Bank (ECB) supervisory board chairman Andrea Enria has specifically called on some eurozone banks to hold sufficient capital in the face of a possible recession.
