The age of the train
Carmona Rodrigues, the Minister for Public Works, Transport and Housing, has announced that Alfa and Inter-city trains will link Faro with the city of Braga, in the far north of
Water, water everywhere
It was probably about a year ago that I mentioned a book called Your Body’s Many Cries for Water by F Batmanghelidj, MD – the so-called ‘Dr Batman’ who discovered
Youth parade
Between February 21 and 28, Faro will be holding the seventh ‘Comboyo dos Lokos’ event, organised by ARCA – Creative and Cultural Association of the Algarve. The event promises one
Agency at Awards
Fred Phillips, the founder and managing director of leading national design consultants Atelier do Sul was invited to be one of the select jury at this year’s prestigious PRISMA Awards,
Bitter almonds
Following last year’s low-key opening of the new Algarve Stadium and this month’s last-minute cancellation of football’s Winter Cup, the Algarve’s Regional Tourism Authority (RTA) has suspended the running of
Bomb threats across region
Schools and courts in the region appear to be the target of a spate of telephone hoaxes in which the caller claims that he has planted a live bomb in
Clear of BSE
The European Commission has confirmed that two sheep – one from Portugal, the other from Salamanca – that were thought to be infected with BSE, or ‘mad cow disease’, are
Controversy over digger
The leader of Faro Câmara has launched an enquiry into what has been described as “the inappropriate and unauthorised usage” of a mechanical digger that belongs to the câmara for
Countdown to EURO 2004 – 141 days to go!
FOCUS: Sweden (Group C) The elongated Scandinavian country, temperate in the south and bitterly cold in the north, has a population of nine million, the majority of whom live in
End of term music
Brazilian musician Gabriel and top DJ Rui da Silva are set to top the bill at Lisbon’s academic week, which will run from May 5 to 10. A spokesman for