Silves and Portimão prepare to host autumn fairs
It’s almost that time of year when Silves and Portimão host their traditional annual autumn fairs. Coming up first is Silves’ ‘Feira de Todos os Santos’, which will take place
Amendoeira hosts charity dinner in aid of Algarve’s mental health association
A charity dinner to help the Algarve’s mental health association (ASMAL) purchase a new nine-seat van will be held on Saturday, November 4 at the Garden Deck of Amendoeira Golf
Loulé hosts Halloween run
Fitness fanatics will be able to celebrate Halloween while keeping active as Loulé will host a Halloween run on Friday, October 27. The event will begin at 7pm at Praça
Viseu crime ring fleeces “French holidaymakers” looking for sex
At least five French “holidaymakers” aged between 60 and 70 have fallen victim this summer to a violent crime ring that lured them in over Internet sites, promising sex and
Portugal’s economy minister throws lifeline to Brexit battling Theresa May
Economy minister Manuel Caldeira Cabral has been described this week in the British press as warning the EU “not to punish” Portugal’s oldest ally as it tries to extrciate itself
Almost 50% of Portuguese who lose teeth don’t replace them
A study conducted by the Order of Dentists has revealed that 68% of Portuguese have lost one or more teeth, and only half this number has false teeth or implants.
Algarve’s Ana Cabecinha nominated for ‘Athlete of the Year’
Ana Cabecinha, a race walker for Olhão’s Clube Oriental de Pechão, is in the running to be named ‘Athlete of the Year’ by Portuguese sports magazine Atletismo. The nomination follows
Sick Eurovision star’s heart specialist in hot water over “controversial remarks”
Cardiologist Manuel Carrageta is in hot water over comments made during an interview about the proposed transplant surgery for his famous patient – Portugal’s first ever Eurovision song contest winner
Supreme Court reduces Aveiro sex slavery convictions
Supreme Court judges have reduced the sentences of a couple, resident in Santa Maria da Feira (Aveiro), who bought a 12-year-old girl from Romania for €1000 and used her as
Young woman caught smuggling 460 doses of cannabis in anus and vagina
What alerted authorities to 460 doses of cannabis that a 19-year-old woman had secreted in her anus and vagina before a visit to her ‘husband’ in prison has not been