Family initiative
LISBON CÂMARA’S recently elected president, António Costa, has launched an initiative to close roads around Terreiro do Paço on a Sunday in an effort to attract more people to the
Faro folklore festival
FOLKFARO 2007 continues until Sunday (August 26), where visitors can enjoy an oriental dance recital and a parade, among many other activities in the heart of Faro’s city centre. Today’s
Fatacil fair fun continues
LAGOA IS currently hosting its 28th annual fair, Fatacil 2007, which runs until Sunday. This year, the fair has more than 300 craft exhibitors with items ranging from glassware to
Festival overdose
THIRTY SIX people were admitted to hospital after overdosing on drugs at the Freedom Music Festival in the Alentejo at the weekend. All were admitted to the emergency rooms at
Fire crisis
THE NATIONAL fire fighters association (ANBP) will be meeting António Costa, President of Lisbon Câmara, to debate the apparent lack of internal organisation and the crisis within Lisbon’s fire brigade.
Fires rage in north of Portugal
FIRES WHICH started on Monday in Sardoal in the north of Portugal continue to rage and have spread to the neighbouring Mação, destroying more than 2,000 hectares of forest so
Funds raised
THE PORTUGUESE Chiropractors Association raised 4,676 euros during their fundraising 5km run or walk on May 20 from Vilamoura to Quarteira. Funds were collected by volunteers between May 16 and
GM crops vandalised in Silves
By: ELOISE WALTON eloise@portugalresident.com AROUND 100 anti-GM protesters destroyed more than a hectare of genetically modified corn at the Herdade da Lameira farm in Silves while the owner tried desperately
High winds
FIFTEEN districts across Portugal were on yellow alert on Tuesday as the Meteorological Institute predicted 80-kilometre per hour winds. The Meteorological Institute, issued forest fire warnings in the Algarve, Bragança,
Lagos to be GM free
LAGOS IS due to become the first council in the Algarve to be declared free from genetically modified crops, having sent its application on Monday, August 20, to the Direcção-regional