A prevenção das cheias urbanas e a melhoria do escoamento das águas da chuva estiveram em destaque na apresentação realizada no dia 23 de outubro de 2026, no Salão Nobre dos Paços do Concelho de Faro. Promovida pelo Município e pela FAGAR, a sessão deu a conhecer o projeto de execução da rede de drenagem […]

Russia wants a million drone operators by 2030 and schools are adapting fast to fill the quota. By the time students are 16, many will be taught how to fly multiple drones and how to use them in combat. The authorities are using games and competitions to draw millions of young people into the field.

As Russian forces intensify attacks on Ukraine’s Donetsk region, evacuations are accelerating in Kramatorsk, a key city still held by Kyiv. As Moscow seeks to seize all of the Donetsk region, Ukraine has issued a mandatory evacuation order for families with children in Kramatorsk and Slovyansk.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on October 24 that the Starshield and Starlink satellite systems were back to normal operations. Disruptions in the communications systems, developed by Elon Musk's SpaceX company, had limited Ukraine's defensive operations for over a week.

A responsabilidade das empresas no combate à pobreza marcou a abertura do ano de atividades 2026/2027 do núcleo algarvio da Associação Cristã de Empresários e Gestores — ACEGE. Realizado no dia 15 de outubro de 2026, em Faro, o encontro reuniu perto de 60 participantes e contou com as intervenções do bispo do Algarve, D. […]

Aos 16 anos, Carlota Carochinho, natural e residente em Faro, tem vindo a construir um percurso no motociclismo de velocidade, com participações em competições nacionais e espanholas. Conhecida nas pistas pelo número 28, iniciou a sua carreira desportiva em 2019 e conquistou, em 2020, o título nacional na categoria Mini GP 110 automática, um dos […]

A Associação Juvenil Quarteira Beach Sports tem vindo a afirmar o seu papel no desenvolvimento desportivo de Quarteira, através da promoção do voleibol de pavilhão e de praia, do futevólei e da formação de jovens atletas. Com uma atividade que aproxima a prática desportiva da comunidade, a associação alia a participação competitiva à valorização do […]

RFE/RL's Sandro Jupalakiani explains how Georgia's ruling party wants to ban the country’s largest opposition parties, a move critics warn would undermine democratic freedoms and ties with the West.

Russia has released 74-year-old US citizen Stephen Hubbard, who had been detained since 2022. He had been sentenced to prison for allegedly acting as a mercenary in Ukraine, charges his family disputed. President Vladimir Putin announced Hubbard’s release during talks with US envoy Steve Witkoff.

O Colégio de Nossa Senhora do Alto, no centro de Faro, acolheu, no dia 10 de outubro, o Trio Elogio, num concerto integrado na 11.ª edição do Algarve Music Series. Com entrada gratuita, a apresentação reuniu os guitarristas Petrit Çeku, Pedro Ribeiro Rodrigues e Tomislav Vukšić, contando ainda com a participação especial da violoncelista Isabel […]

Dora Guerreiro, vereadora da Câmara Municipal de Vila do Bispo, tem um percurso ligado ao ensino e à vida autárquica do concelho. Licenciada em Português e Inglês, com especialização em Educação Especial, exerceu funções docentes na Escola de São Vicente, em Vila do Bispo, antes de assumir a vereação, em abril de 2023. No mandato […]

Cláudio Lima, presidente da Delegação Regional do Algarve da Ordem dos Economistas, tem participado na reflexão sobre os desafios e as perspetivas de desenvolvimento da região, promovendo o debate económico e a sua aproximação à sociedade. É neste contexto que surge mais uma sessão do ciclo «Conversas com a Ordem», dedicada ao tema «Algarve sob […]

In what Ukraine's military is calling a historic first, a soldier who suffered injuries to both legs on the battlefield was evacuated by an unmanned aerial drone. His fellow servicemen say the soldier is "a hero" who didn't hesitate to strap himself to the hexacopter drone and fly back to his unit.

Ukraine’s forces have retaken 26 settlements in the Dnipropetrovsk region, but the villages are largely destroyed and uninhabitable. As Russian troops are pushed back, Ukrainian forces face the challenge of holding the reclaimed territory under constant threat from drones.

A funeral was held in Radushne in Ukraine's Dnipropetrovsk Region on October 19 for five children from one family who were killed in an air strike on July 30. Their burial was delayed as investigators used DNA analysis to identify the victims. Five other family members had already been laid to rest.

RFE/RL correspondent Serhiy Horbatenko reports from Slovyansk after a residential building was hit in a Russian strike.

Iran’s Islamic republic has survived war, economic crisis, and widespread protests. So why is the system still standing? Vahid Pourostad of RFE/RL's Negah-e-Farda (Iran Tomorrow) program explains that its survival rests on entrenched networks of power and a fractured opposition.

The popular Iranian music group Pallett is refusing to play concerts in Iran after authorities barred a female band member from performing on stage. Iranian authorities continue its harsh repression of women, enforcing rules that limit their freedom to sing and perform in public.

Christopher Walker, vice president of the Washington-based Center for European Policy Analysis, speaks to RFE/RL Senior International Correspondent Ray Furlong in Prague on October 14.

A new dress-code dispute in Azerbaijan’s public schools has sparked protests by parents and students after reports that girls wearing hijabs, or Islamic headscarf, were turned away from classes. The protests come after a new ban on clothing deemed incompatible with the secular nature of education.