Vilamoura school launches appeal to help fire victims
Vilamoura International School has launched an appeal to help the victims of Portugal’s devastating wildfires. “Portugal is in mourning following the many fires that consumed forests, houses and businesses, and
Fire devastated areas “are sitting on enormous underground reservoirs of water”
It’s a claim that has been made by British technology company Ioniq – the same company that went public earlier this year on how it has mapped Portugal’s underground wealth,
Portuguese Air Force patrol spots 10 migrant boatloads en-route for Spain
A Portuguese Air Force C-295M plane taking part in the latest Frontex operation over the Mediterranean Sea spotted 10 boatloads of migrants “trying to reach Spain illegally” in just one
Christmas appeal for Lagos home for the disabled
A Christmas appeal has been launched by Algarve residents Jennifer Herrtage and Stephanie Gray to give a Christmas present to each of the disabled residents of Casa de Santo Amaro
Simply the best – Portugal’s Cristiano Ronaldo wins top FIFA award for 5th time
Portugal’s soccer star Cristiano Ronaldo has been honoured with yet another top accolade: FIFA’s “best footballer of the year” – a title he has now held high on five separate
Algarve student art competition
Following the success of the 1st Students Prize Algarve which ended in May, the art initiative is again inviting pupils from years 10, 11 and 12 to participate. The main
Former PM is “not an engineer” after all, says Order of Engineers
In hot water over matters so much more important, the new ‘blot’ on former prime minister José Sócrates ‘good name’ is that his well-used prefix of “Eng.” (standing for engineer)
History talk on the town of Balsa
Algarve historian Peter Kingdon Booker will be giving a talk about “Balsa” on Friday, November 3 at the Clube de Tavira at 11am. He will answer such questions as: Was
Tragedy as fisherman swept to death in Aljezur
Tragedy struck the Algarve’s fishing community once again last week as a fisherman in his 40s was swept to his death by a wave near Arrifana beach in Aljezur. The
PS popularity takes ‘absolute dive’ as PSD leadership contest starts getting ugly
The PS government’s failure to get a grip of forest fires this year before they killed over 100 nationals and devastated more than 500,000 hectares of land has seen a