England team chooses Algarve for pre-World Cup training
VALE DO Lobo has been chosen by the English Football Association as the location for the national team’s training base camp in May, ahead of this summer’s World Cup in
EU bans ‘flying coffins’
IF YOU’RE ever tempted by a bargain basement air ticket to a far-flung destination – be warned – officials from the European Union have branded 92 airlines, most of them
Fabulous vegetables
There is an amazing choice of vegetables in all supermarkets and local markets at the moment. What alarms me, is the cost of produce labeled organic. Apart from the cost, which can
Faro airport is first choice for Germans over 50
FARO AIRPORT has been chosen by Monorama Touristik and Reise Klub, two German tour operators specialising in travel for the over 50s, to receive more than 9,000 seniors over a
Food safety inspectors close Chinese restaurants
A MEGA operation, entitled ‘Operação Oriental’, was staged last week by the Autoridade de Segurança Alimentar e Económica (ASAE), the authority for safety of commercial food and economic activities, involving
Food to bring back memories
LAST YEAR, Sara Vasco and Julie Middleton opened Food Fayre in Messines, a shop selling all those things you used to be able to get in your old home country,
Have a yummy time!
NIKKI’S SANDWICH Shop, established in Lagos Marina since last June, provides a unique service to local business people, boat, office and shop staff, residents and visitors, with its free delivery
Influenza pandemic – part 1
Influenza pandemic: to have it or not to have it, that’s the question! EXPERTS BELIEVE that avian influenza is a time bomb for human health and that a deadly influenza
Kitchens and bedrooms with the quality stamp
ROBERT BROOKS started his kitchen business in the Algarve 15 years ago and, by that time, he already had a wealth of experience back in the UK. Like most business
LIGA DE HONRA – The Ides of March
IN THE Liga de Honra, the hopes of Olhão and Portimão of providing the region with first class football for the first time since Farense were relegated from Portugal’s top