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
Education system neglects up to 150,000 children
BETWEEN 75,000 and 150,000 children with specific learning difficulties such as dyslexia are being ignored by the Portuguese education system. The situation was revealed recently by Portuguese daily newspaper Público,
EUROPEAN FIXTURES
FOLLOWING PROTRACTED negotiations, England’s successor to Sven-Göran Eriksson can look forward to a favourable Euro 2008 qualifying schedule. World ranked number 128, Andorra, will be first up at Wembley on
Everything you should know about Californian wine
WHEN WE think of California, we think of wine. Well, wine drinkers do. So does California make good wines? Yes. All wine producing countries produce four types of wine: great,
Exclusive interview with Lagoa Bombeiros Commandant
FOLLOWING ON from last week’s article on the Bombeiros describing their role in Portuguese society, I thought that if I presented some questions to Commandant Vítor Manuel Granadeiro Rio Alves
Film Review – NORTH COUNTRY
A woman’s place BASED ON the first sexual harassment trial of 1975, North Country highlights the shocking reality of sexual discrimination in a Minnesota iron mine. Reviewing this film in