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As despedidas de 2023 na cidade de Lagos terão lugar na Praça do Infante com dois dias de sensacionais concertos - GNR e DJ Miguel Simões a 30 de dezembro e Calema e DJ TobyONE a 31 de dezembro. Com ...

O município de Lagos, no âmbito do seu processo de certificação internacional como destino sustentável, apresentou a sua candidatura ao prémio Green Destinations TOP 100 Stories – edição 2023. A comp...

A Câmara Municipal de Lagos já aprovou a sua proposta de Grandes Opções do Plano e Orçamento para 2024 (GOP 2024), tendo remetido para discussão e aprovação da Assembleia Municipal um documento que p...

Associando-se à iniciativa da Rede Intermunicipal das Bibliotecas do Algarve (BIBAL), a Câmara de Lagos está a promover um inquérito de satisfação para melhor conhecer a opinião dos utilizadores quan...

O município de Lagos marcou presença no IX Congresso Nacional da Rede Territorial Portuguesa das Cidades Educadoras, que decorreu em Torres Vedras, entre os dias 8 e 11 de novembro. Na edição de 2023...

O transporte urbano de Lagos teve um aumento de 13% no número de passageiros transportados em relação a 2022, sendo o período escolar onde o crescimento foi mais significativo (19%). Por esse motivo,...

The municipality of Lagos is among the top 100 best sustainable destinations in the world, according to the Green Destinations TOP 100 Stories award – 2023 edition.

The Padel Clube de Vila Real de Santo António women's team became National Champion of the Padel Club League in the Women's V category at the weekend.

A Ryanair plane heading from the United Kingdom to Morocco made an emergency landing at Faro Airport this morning, after the pilot became unwell.

The executive director of the SNS has announced that 29 hospital units throughout the country, including the University Hospital in Faro, will receive new "heavy" medical equipment.

Isaque Medeiros, fell and hit his head on a garden bench, next to the Lagoa Auditorium on Friday afternoon, and tragically died soon after in hospital.

São Brás choir prepares for final two Christmas concerts Portugal Resident The Choir of Friends of São Brás Museum is preparing for its two last Christmas concerts of the season. The performances will take place at the main church of Santa Barbára de Nexe (Sunday, December 10) and at the São Romão chapel in São Brás […]

Government sets retirement age at 66 years seven months from 2025 Portugal Resident For anyone aiming for retirement in Portugal, the goal posts are widening. As expected, the decree setting the retirement age in Portugal in 2025 to 66 years and seven months – an increase of three months compared to 2024 – has been published […]

President vetoes government’s alterations to two professional statutes Portugal Resident Government alterations to the professional statutes of engineers and architects have been vetoed by President Marcelo, who has given indication that there is room for the government, even in management mode, to improve and resubmit before he dissolves parliament on January 15. The alterations were […]

Portuguese pupils “cannot understand long texts/ abstract concepts or distinguish fact from opinion” as they used to Portugal Resident Potentially a combination of the months in which education was affected first by the pandemic, and then by teachers’ strikes, plus the propensity these days for young people to use devices, rather than read a book, […]

Animal Corner – Love beyond rescue: Elvis meets Daisy Portugal Resident Recently, my wife Bryn and I travelled to a dog sanctuary near Setúbal, called O Cantinho da Milú. A friend sent us a picture of a rescue dog at the centre, called Elvis, who they thought would make a lovely companion for our 14-year-old […]