As the weakening Euro is seeing more British tourists heading to the Algarve, the region appears to have lost some of its appeal to the German market, which in the last decade has dropped by nearly 50% in favour of other “more competitive” holiday destinations.
When picking up a copy of the Algarve Resident weekly, the probability of you being an Algarve resident, regular visitor, supporter of the region or generally just interested about the location are high.
Portugal’s Prime Minister Pedro Passos Coelho announced that the country should be prepared to live with unusually high unemployment rates “for at least two or three years,” during a speech at the Social-Democrat Workers meeting on May Day in Lisbon.
“We won’t be stopped until the tolls get dropped” could be the motto of the Algarve’s leading anti-tolls group as it now prepares to hold another protest, this time a bicycle ride along the EN125 on May 20.
An animal protection organisation in Portugal has launched a campaign for a new Animal Welfare Act to be passed into legislation.As part of the campaign, ANIMAL has released a 20-minute long video featuring several well known Portuguese singers, actors, politicians and other influential figures, who publicly support the proposed bill for a new law concerning animal welfare.The proposed legislation, which aims to see cases of animal cruelty punished with heavy sentences, states: “Animals are sentient beings, not merely commodities.
No environmental impact assessments (EIA) are required for oil and gas exploratory activities, said the government in response to questions posed by various political groups.In its response to the PCP party recently, the Ministry of Agriculture, Sea, Environment and Spatial Planning stated that it is not a legal requirement, as legislated under the EIA judicial regime of 2005, to assess the potential environmental risks of prospecting for oil and natural gas.
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