News and current affairs from the Portuguese Algarve.

[ShiningInLuz]

Has the Algarve adopted a Unilateral Declaration of Independence (UDI) while no-one was looking and adopted it's own Justice system independent of Portugal?

Is that why the hub of the renewed investigation into Madeleine McCann's disappearance from the Algarve was instituted and continues in the Northern city of Porto which is possibly as far removed from the influence of Lisbon and the South as is logistically possible?

Previous posts from Lisbon and elsewhere have been deleted as off-topic, so think carefully before you nail your colours to the mast.

It is faster to get from Luton airport to Faro, than it is to get from here to Évora.  That mis-presumption would put much of Western Europe under suspicion.

As a moderator, you are supposed to delete off-topic posts, not support them.

The Algarve means the Western end of the Arab empire.  It was indeed a separate kingdom once upon a time.

The Alentejo means south of the river Tejo, known in English as the river Tagus, the river which empties into the Atlantic in Lisbon.  It does not include The Algarve.

Lisbon is Lisbon.  Porto is Porto. Neither is anywhere near the Algarve.  Hence off-topic re the thread title.

[misty]

Previous posts from Lisbon and elsewhere have been deleted as off-topic, so think carefully before you nail your colours to the mast.

It is faster to get from Luton airport to Faro, than it is to get from here to Évora.  That mis-presumption would put much of Western Europe under suspicion.

As a moderator, you are supposed to delete off-topic posts, not support them.

The Algarve means the Western end of the Arab empire.  It was indeed a separate kingdom once upon a time.

The Alentejo means south of the river Tejo, known in English as the river Tagus, the river which empties into the Atlantic in Lisbon.  It does not include The Algarve.

Lisbon is Lisbon.  Porto is Porto. Neither is anywhere near the Algarve.  Hence off-topic re the thread title.

I consider your criticism of my off-topic post unjustified after reading pages 1 to 3 of this topic.

[ShiningInLuz]

I consider your criticism of my off-topic post unjustified after reading pages 1 to 3 of this topic.

Then complain to the mods about pages 1 to 3.

Évora is nowhere near the Algarve.  Simple.  Off-topic.

From memory it is a World Heritage City.  Very interesting if you ever choose to visit.

But definitely nowhere near the Algarve.

[Venturi Swirl]

I consider your criticism of my off-topic post unjustified after reading pages 1 to 3 of this topic.

It may have been “off-topic” merely because of geographical proximity or lack thereof, but it was certainly revealing of the Portuguese judicial mindset which appears to prevail throughout the country, not just in the Algarve.

[misty]

Then complain to the mods about pages 1 to 3.

Évora is nowhere near the Algarve.  Simple.  Off-topic.

From memory it is a World Heritage City.  Very interesting if you ever choose to visit.

But definitely nowhere near the Algarve.

I have no wish to complain to the Mods, especially the ones who made the off-topic posts, as I don't have a problem with them.

[ShiningInLuz]

I have no wish to complain to the Mods, especially the ones who made the off-topic posts, as I don't have a problem with them.

OK.

I take it you have no problem if I DO report your posts as off topic, as they clearly are.

[misty]

OK.

I take it you have no problem if I DO report your posts as off topic, as they clearly are.

No problem whatsoever. I'm not precious enough to think my posts matter.

[Venturi Swirl]

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-34779839

The recently elected govt has been flushed down the toilet.  We found out from an estate agent who thought property prices are going to plummet.  (I am of a different opinion.)

From the BBC link -
"Portuguese left-wing opposition parties have toppled the country's minority government by rejecting its programme in parliament.

A centre-right coalition won most votes in October's election but lost its overall majority.

A new leftist bloc has now voted 123 to 107 against the administration's programme, prompting its collapse.

The move could lead to a new government led by the Socialist Party, likely to focus on alleviating austerity."

What has this post got to do with the Algarve, specifically?

[Venturi Swirl]

This should actually be in a general news thread, but I cannot find that.

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Evaristo Felgueiras, a tutor of mathematics and professor of karate, was convicted yesterday in the Viana do Castelo court to five years suspended for abusing 11 minors between the ages of 12 and 16. The defendant, 41, was charged with 82 counts of child sexual abuse and six counts of teen sex offenses. The events occurred between 2015 and 2017. One of the judges of the collective voted against the suspension.

Read more in: http://www.cmjornal.pt/portugal/detalhe/explicador-que-abusou-de-11-menores-tem-pena-suspensa?ref=HP_Grupo1

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I am posting this to provide confirmation that sentences up to 5 years can be, and are, suspended.

The maximum penalty for body occultation (illegally dealing with a dead body) is two years.

Did this occur in the Algarve?

[ShiningInLuz]

What has this post got to do with the Algarve, specifically?

I haven't got a clue, and I'm not pedantic enough to check the context.

The report to moderator button is there for a reason.

Get on with it.

[Venturi Swirl]

I haven't got a clue, and I'm not pedantic enough to check the context.

The report to moderator button is there for a reason.

Get on with it.

It’s your post and you haven’t got a clue of its specific relevance to the Algarve?  Tsk.

[ShiningInLuz]

Did this occur in the Algarve?

You'll struggle on this one.

Kate McCann, allegedly offered a plea deal, was on the Algarve at the time it was not offered.

[Venturi Swirl]

You'll struggle on this one.

Kate McCann, allegedly offered a plea deal, was on the Algarve at the time it was not offered.

[Brietta]

Previous posts from Lisbon and elsewhere have been deleted as off-topic, so think carefully before you nail your colours to the mast.

It is faster to get from Luton airport to Faro, than it is to get from here to Évora.  That mis-presumption would put much of Western Europe under suspicion.

As a moderator, you are supposed to delete off-topic posts, not support them.

The Algarve means the Western end of the Arab empire.  It was indeed a separate kingdom once upon a time.

The Alentejo means south of the river Tejo, known in English as the river Tagus, the river which empties into the Atlantic in Lisbon.  It does not include The Algarve.

Lisbon is Lisbon.  Porto is Porto. Neither is anywhere near the Algarve.  Hence off-topic re the thread title.

I can only say that I wish members were as punctilious as you would wish them to be about the 'off topic' posts which prevail on every single thread on the McCann board.

Perhaps the answer to the current lack of news coming out of the Algarve but from everywhere else in Portugal is an obvious one.

[ShiningInLuz]

I can only say that I wish members were as punctilious as you would wish them to be about the 'off topic' posts which prevail on every single thread on the McCann board.

Perhaps the answer to the current lack of news coming out of the Algarve but from everywhere else in Portugal is an obvious one.

Thank you.

Your choice of the word 'punctilious' is interesting.

I choose to inform members and guests that Évora is hours away from the Algarve.  They can check for themselves.

Feel free to clean up pages 1 to 3 of this thread if you so choose.  That is what you volunteered for, is it not?