A smash hit at carnival
SAMBA DANCERS entertained the crowds on Sunday in Loulé as the carnival parade went into overdrive. Floats from rival football teams light-heartedly parodied the other team’s players, in what has
A tale of two central banks
By: David Johnson
Algarve and Andalucia discuss bird flu threat
CLOSER AND wider co-operation, including increased information sharing between the Algarve and Andalucia health authorities, is essential in order to deal with a possible bird flu threat. These were among
Bringing locations to life
Directors of i-Spy360, in conjunction with their agent in Portugal, Gordon Robinson, held a seminar at the Hotel Garbe in Armação de Pêra on February 8, to showcase their unique
Business loans
SMALL BUSINESSES in Vila Real de Santo António will have the opportunity to apply for loans as part of an initiative by the Institute of Support for Small and Medium
Call to take environment into account
TAVIRA CÂMARA President, Macário Correia, has expressed concern over purely profit driven construction firms operating in the Algarve. While recognising that companies had a job to generate profits, Correia said
Companies bid for Ota
CONSTRUCTION OF the new international airport at Ota and the privatisation of Aeroportos de Portugal (ANA), are generating huge interest from both national and international construction and airport management companies.
Computers donated to school
Students at the Eastern Algarve International School received multi-media personal computers from parents working within Newlyn Developments, Barclays Bank Tavira, Escritória de Avogados, Happy Homes Tavira and other computer items
Economist says Portugal’s performance in 2006 was timid
THE ECONOMIST intelligence unit has said that Portugal would fail to meet the three per cent budget deficit limit laid down by the EU’s Development Growth and Stability Pact by
Fight against cancer continues
CONTINUING ITS fight against cancer and its support of cancer sufferers, the Associação Oncológica do Algarve (AOA), the Algarve oncology association, is staging awareness seminars at Junta de Freguesia offices