Almancil art gallery hosts school visit
PUPILS FROM the Castro Marim secondary school recently visited Espaço d’Arte Silva Guerreiro, an art gallery and cultural centre in Almancil. Algarvean sculptor Arlindo Arez hosted the group, giving the
Attracting more people to the Algarve sun the Ezy way
EZYSUN VILLAS, already one of the most successful property rental and management companies operating in the Algarve, is set to grow, having recently been taken over by a UK lettings
Balderdash –Posh ‘n’ Spice
ACCORDING TO the highly regarded Paris glossy, Le Point, the French don’t wash very much. In fact, nine out of 10 citizens admitted to not making regular use of soap.
Bank cancels Christmas gift order to help local charity
WELL-KNOWN Portuguese High Street bank, Montepio Geral, chose to give the money it would normally spend on Christmas gifts for suppliers and key clients to charity this year. The management’s
Basketball team for the disabled needs members
QUARTEIRA BASED basketball team, Os Tubarões (The Sharks), is working together with the Associação de Promoção do Desporto Adaptado (ParaSport), an association promoting adapted sporting activities, to create a basketball
Big brother’s watching you
DIMINISHING CRIME in the Algarve is the objective of Faro’s Civil Governor António Pina, who has recently announced a project that aims to introduce, from May of this year, video
Counterfeit camera con in the Algarve
IT HAS recently been reported that a scam, involving counterfeit top of the range cameras and watches, is being operated in the Algarve. At first, it appears to be a
Darts – Different Klass!
THE BDO Lakeside World Championships saw the emergence of a gilt edged new talent in 21-year-old Dutch star Jelle Klaasen. While the likes of Andy Fordham dropped away tamely, “the
Diamond Collapse
WE ARE featuring two very different books this week, one popular non-fiction and one fiction. Both are showing signs of being popular sellers. Collapse by Jared Diamond Diamond, a professor
Discuss real estate opportunities with Americans in Portugal
THE AMERICANS in Portugal’s first luncheon meeting of 2006 will be held on Wednesday, January 25, at the Cascais Cultural Centre restaurant, from 12.30pm. The programme will feature a panel