Orchestra dates
CONCERTS FEATURING the Algarve Orchestra are being held throughout October in various cities across Portugal, featuring music by a variety of well known composers including Schubert, Mendelssohn and Mozart. This
Photography exhibition
A PHOTOGRAPHY exhibition by the Ex-aequo association is being hosted at the Portuguese Youth Institute (IPJ) in Faro until October 31. Ex-aequo, the young lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and sympathiser
Police strike
AROUND 3,000 police officers took to the streets of Lisbon on Monday to protest against poor working conditions and the loss of perks, in terms of medical care, career promotions
Poll results – September 28, 2007 – Portimão riverside
The question that was asked: Do you believe the ambitious 90 million euro project to transform Portimão riverside into a modern and interactive area including museums and an aquarium will
Portimão has autism association
HELP IS at hand for parents of autistic children and children with development disorders, following the opening of a new branch of APPDA, the national association for autistic people, in
Portuguese fear unemployment in EU
THE PORTUGUESE are the Europeans who most fear losing their jobs according to a new study carried out by the European Foundation for the Improvement of Working and Living Conditions.
Portuguese horse riding
A COURSE in Portuguese horse riding with a well known Portuguese rider and competitor is being rescheduled at the Pinetrees riding centre after being postponed in September. The course, organised
Praia da Rocha welcomes tourists
TO CELEBRATE International Tourism Day, the Algarve Tourism Board opened a new tourist information office at Praia da Rocha. The event was attended by several political personalities, including the Civil
President’s father dies
PRESIDENT CAVACO Silva cancelled his public visit to the Algarve on Monday due to the death of his father. Teodoro Cavaco Silva, the Portuguese President’s father, died aged 95 on
Rossio tunnel to open
STRUCTURAL RESTORATION work on the Rossio railway tunnel in Lisbon will be completed in December, the company has promised this week. However, rail track company REFER says that it has