Moura music
The first Festival do Cante, song festival, takes place in Moura, Beja, on August 25. The event, organised by Moura Câmara, will celebrate, promote and dignify traditional Alentejo music. The
Nautical Lagoa
LAGOA HAS organised its fifth Festa Náutica, an event of nautical activities, for this weekend. The Passeio dos Gambozinos, a nocturnal kayak trip along the river, has been organised for
New E.Leclerc supermarket
PARCHAL HAS an E.Leclerc supermarket plus eight other shops within a commercial space of more than 1,500sqm, following an official opening on Friday, August 3. Residents now have a supermarket,
New natural park for Iberia
ENVIRONMENTAL ORGANISATIONS in Portugal and Spain are working together to create a new natural park to protect the Baixo Guadiana region on the border of the two countries. A final
Poland voting rights dispute continues
By: CHRIS GRAEME chris@portugalresident.com HEADWAY IS being made during Portugal’s Presidency of the European Union to solve the current Poland voting rights dispute. At a meeting in Lisbon on Thursday
Poll results – August 10, 2007 – Care for cancer sufferers
The question that was asked: Do you believe the public health system in the Algarve is able to offer sufficient care for cancer sufferers? The results: 9% voted Yes 63%
Porches festival
MUSIC FROM around the world will be played in Sra da Rocha, near Porches, between August 10 and 12 at the Festival Sons do Atlântico. Each day, the festival will
Portugal’s World Cup preparations
PORTUGAL’S PREPARATIONS for September’s Rugby World Cup in France began in earnest with the national team’s arrival at Brown’s Sport and Leisure Club in Vilamoura for a one-week training camp.
President Cavaco Silva visits Algarve region
By: ELOISE WALTON eloise@portugalresident.com ANÍBAL CAVACO Silva, President of Portugal, and his wife Maria Cavaco Silva, visited Loulé on Saturday to inaugurate the new municipal archives and a very special
Pure dynamite
DYNAMITE 6, the kick-boxing spectacle staged at Albufeira’s bullring on July 21, was shown in its entirety on the Eurosport channel last Monday night. The President of the Portuguese Thai-boxing