Portimão’s Sardine Festival coming soon
THE TRADITIONAL Festival da Sardinha de Portimão will take place between August 5 and 14, and visitors to this enormously popular annual event will not only have the opportunity to
Preparations for Rock in Rio 2006 underway
THE WORLD’S most successful exported rock festival is set to return to Lisbon’s Bela Vista Park in May 2006. Rock in Rio, the international rock festival created by Brazilian impresario
PT Portugal Match Cup at Cascais
CASCAIS CÂMARA President, António Capucho, must feel proud that, along with other officials, they were able to show to the sailing fraternity that they could well host the PT Portugal
Santana Lopes pushes for castle traffic restriction plan
LISBON CÂMARA President, Pedro Santana Lopes, is pushing to enlarge the area around the Castelo de São Jorge that is closed to traffic and parking. Parking and traffic restrictions have
Slow and steamy
SUMMER CAN be disappointing, especially if you don’t live here for a full gardening year. Even with full irrigation, many plants more or less stand still during July and August.
Soares ponders another challenge for Belém
• Cavaco Silva was 10 years in power as PM FORMER PRESIDENT of the Republic and Socialist Party (PS) founder, Mário Soares, is believed to be considering another run for
Stained glass windows light up Silves cathedral
A STUDENT at the adult education centre in Harvey Road, Guildford in the UK, has had two of his stained glass windows accepted by Silves Cathedral. John Scott made the
Summer sun for winter blues!
WHILE FULLY recognising that long-term overexposure to the sun and burning can result in skin cancer, premature ageing and wrinkling in some cases, the science of heliotherapy supports the fact
Support Pêra festival
PERA’S SEVENTH annual festival starts this Friday, July 29, offering visitors the chance to enjoy a feast of delicious regional dishes and a programme of excellent live entertainment. Located at