Music and cinema
JULY PROMISES to be exciting at the Fiesa sand sculpting festival in Pêra, with outdoor cinema, fado, classic guitar and electronic music just some of the events planned. The festival
Network evening
NETWORK’S LAST meeting before the summer break will be at the Hotel A Colina in the Ludo valley, between Almancil and Faro, on July 11. This is the last opportunity
New dam will boost rural Algarve tourism
Boost for rural Algarve A NEW dam to be constructed in Odelouca looks set to provide an inland tourism opportunity as well as supplying much needed quality water. The project,
New Treaty for Portugal
By: CHRIS GRAEME chris@portugalresident.com GETTING MEMBER state consensus for a Reformed European Union Constitutional Treaty will be the key objective for Portugal’s Presidency of the European Union which began on
Nordic Bazaar
IF YOU are moving from Portugal this summer and have any furniture or other items you do not need, the Nordic Club would like to hear from you. The club
Pet swap
AN INITIATIVE to care for domestic pets during the holidays and prevent abandonment has been organised for the fifth year by Lisbon Câmara. The scheme first started in 2003 and
Pit Bull attack in Lagos
A 16-YEAR-old girl was bitten by a two-year-old Pit Bull Terrier, which was put down after the attack in the village of Barão de São João in Lagos on June
Poll results – July 6, 2007 – EU Constitution
The question that was asked: With Portugal on the brink of taking over the EU presidency, do you believe that a signed EU constitution is possible before the end of
Power gym
By: NATASHA SMITH natasha@portugalresident.com A FITNESS centre in Hong Kong has come up with a revolutionary and clean way of generating electricity. In order to help light the building, power
Prison break
By: NATASHA SMITH natasha@portugalresident.com SEVEN PRISONERS escaped from a police detention centre in the Philippines on Monday. They made their great escape by sawing through the bars of their cell