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Algarve News December 4, 2023
70 patients waiting for hospital bed in Lisbon’s São José hospital
70 patients waiting for hospital bed in Lisbon’s São José hospital
Portugal Resident
The parlous state of the country’s State health service is not expected to improve through December as hundreds of doctors maintain their strike over more than the statutory hours of overtime. This morning, largely due to the long weekend, and closure of numerous A&E departments, Lisbon’s São José hospital reported that it had 70 patients […]
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Algarve News December 4, 2023
Female pioneers
Female pioneers
Portugal Resident
Former national champions Mónia Bernardo and Sara Gouveia are the only Portuguese female professional players in the Algarve In Portugal, you can count the number of professional female golfers on the fingers of one hand, and this also extends to the Algarve, even though it has the largest number of courses in the country – […]
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Algarve News December 2, 2023
Portuguese startup “close to licensing pioneering treatment for chronic pain”
Portuguese startup “close to licensing pioneering treatment for chronic pain”
Portugal Resident
Sagres company has been working on marine analgesic for more than decade Portuguese startup Sea4Us is close to licensing a new painkiller discovered in marine organisms off the Algarve coast, which could relieve the chronic pain of hundreds of millions of people around the world, writes Lusa. After more than 10 years of research, this […]
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Algarve News December 1, 2023
COP28: outgoing PM urges conversion of debt into climate finance
COP28: outgoing PM urges conversion of debt into climate finance
Portugal Resident
Strategy “benefits all humanity”, says Costa Portugal’s outgoing prime minister has argued today at COP28 that agreements to convert millions of euros of debt into climate finance benefit “all of humanity” and are a necessary step in the fight against climate change. On the first day of the 28th United Nations Climate Change Conference, António […]
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Algarve News November 30, 2023
Normal to open second Algarve store at Mar Shopping
Normal to open second Algarve store at Mar Shopping
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Danish retail chain Normal will open its second store in the Algarve at Mar Shopping Algarve in Loulé, reports Echo Boomer. The online newspaper says that the opening date is still unknown for the brand’s second store in the region following the opening of a store at the Aqua shopping centre in Portimão in July. Normal arrived […]
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- Minister of Education changes tune over issue of teachers’ frozen pay by Natasha Donn on December 5, 2023 at 6:08 pm
Minister of Education changes tune over issue of teachers’ frozen pay Portugal Resident João Costa is now a fervent supporter of PS leadership candidate Pedro Nuno Santos Minister of Education for another 48-hours tops, João Costa has today “admitted the possibility of teachers recovering their frozen service time” – a demand he has always recognised as “fair” and which now appears in the list of intentions of PS The post Minister of Education changes tune over issue of […]
- Aqua Portimão invests €4 million in “ultramodern” food hallby Michael Bruxo on December 5, 2023 at 5:42 pm
Aqua Portimão invests €4 million in “ultramodern” food hall Portugal Resident Aqua Portimão says “ultramodern food hall” will be completed in 2024 Aqua Portimão is investing €4 million in an “ultramodern food hall” which it says will turn the shopping centre into a “gastronomic destination.” The new 420sqm food hall is expected to be completed by the end of the first half of 2024 and is The post Aqua Portimão invests €4 million in “ultramodern” food hall appeared […]
- Children for sale? Portuguese businessman arrested trying to legalise second newbornby Natasha Donn on December 5, 2023 at 5:36 pm
Children for sale? Portuguese businessman arrested trying to legalise second newborn Portugal Resident Previously brought a newborn into Portugal in October A Portuguese businessman is in preventive custody for the alleged trafficking of children after being found trying to legalise the second newborn from Brazil in a matter of weeks. A first baby was brought into the country in October. She is now three-months old and has been The post Children for sale? Portuguese businessman arrested trying […]
- Alcochete named best option for new Lisbon airportby Natasha Donn on December 5, 2023 at 5:28 pm
Alcochete named best option for new Lisbon airport Portugal Resident Tourism entities lament years of delay Tuesday afternoon saw the Independent Technical Commission (already criticised for not being independent) lay out its take on the ‘best option for the new Lisbon airport’ – an infrastructure that has been ‘desperately needed’ for decades. While many say this is a subject that has been waiting for firm The post Alcochete named best option for new Lisbon airport appeared first on […]
- Algarve becoming popular destination for younger buyers and families from UKby Portugal Resident on December 5, 2023 at 4:37 pm
Algarve becoming popular destination for younger buyers and families from UK Portugal Resident Once viewed as a favourite retirement haven for Brits, the region is now attracting younger buyers The Algarve, once mostly a preferred destination among retired or older British citizens, is becoming increasingly popular among younger British buyers and families. So says a recent article by the UK’s Evening Standard, which has looked into the reasons The post Algarve becoming popular destination […]
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