ACCA helps disabled gypsy child
THE ASSOCIAÇÃO de Solidariedade com as Crianças Carenciadas do Algarve (ACCA), a Portuguese registered charity supported by its international members throughout the Algarve, has arranged for the purchase of a
Agriculture minister visits Algarve’s Ria Formosa
Portuguese Agriculture Minister, Jaime Silva (left), observes a migratory stork, aided by a guard of the Ria Formosa National Park in Faro, during his visit to the Algarve last week.
boxing
Big hit! TWENTY THOUSAND people crowding into Manchester’s MEN Arena at 2am on a bitterly cold Saturday night bore testimony to the fact that Joe Calzaghe’s eagerly awaited title unification
Brits with Parkinson’s Disease on trip to Algarve
A GROUP of 22 Brits suffering from Parkinson’s Disease and their families are enjoying a two-week holiday in the Algarve, staying at the Atlantis Hotel in Vilamoura until March 20.
Bush senior invited to Cavaco’s swearing in ceremony
FORMER US President, George HW Bush, was due to attend the official swearing in of the new Portuguese President of the Republic, Aníbal Cavaco Silva, in Lisbon on Thursday this
Business owners up in arms over refurbishment work
Business owners up in arms over refurbishment work in Albufeira THE DEADLINE for completion of the refurbishment work being carried out under Polis Albufeira, the plan for improvements in the
Canadian medium to hold workshops in Algarve
CANADIAN INTERNATIONAL medium Elizabeth Chick, a Minister of the International Christian Spiritualist Church, will be visiting the Algarve to hold workshops on mediumship. Saturday, April 1 from 10am – 12.30pm, ‘Basic
Canadian Trade Mission celebrates 60 years in Portugal
PORTUGUESE AND Canadians have had a long relationship, stretching back some 500 years. Indeed, early Portuguese explorers, in the form of the Corte-Real brothers, re-discovered Newfoundland (if one counts the
Council to provide sites for caravans
OVER RECENT years, Tavira Câmara has become increasingly concerned over the growing proliferation of caravans and mobile homes, spread out over various areas of the borough. However, this isn’t a
Câmara launches heart disease awareness campaign
LISBON CÂMARA has joined forces with the Sociedade Portuguesa de Cardiologia (SPC), the Portuguese Cardiology Society, in a bid to raise awareness about the dangers of heart disease. The launch