Bikers descend on Forum shopping centre
THE ENTIRE ground level parking area at the Algarve Forum shopping centre in Faro, was closed off to cars at the weekend, to make way for hundreds of bikers, wishing
Brandon putts to victory
John Brandon found “the zone” with his putter and won the Royal British Club Golfing Society’s(RBCGS) July tournament with 43 stableford points – an event sponsored by Victoria – Seguros.
British Embassy and Council promote ‘green’ constrution
AS PART of Britain’s ongoing commitment to measures aimed at protecting the environment, the British Embassy and British Council co-hosted a seminar last week on environmentally friendly construction. Opened by
Campaigners against skin cancer target Portugal’s beaches
THE LIGA Portuguesa Contra o Cancro (LPCC), the Portuguese League Against Cancer and the Associação Portuguesa de Cancro Cutâneo (APCC), Portuguese Skin Cancer Association, have launched a summer campaign alerting
Cathedral do Carmo walkway should reopen in November
A TWENTY-FIVE metre walkway leading from the Santa Justa lift directly to the ruins of the Cathedral do Carmo will reopen after nine years. Work on restoring the damaged passageway,
Cinema under the stars in Castro Marim
CASTRO MARIM Câmara is promoting its sixth season of open-air summer movies from July 18 to August 22. All films begin at 9.30pm in Castro Marim’s Praça 1º de Maio.
Classic Cars ride again
ALGARVE CLASSIC Cars 2005, the biggest concentration of vintage cars in the Iberian Peninsula, will be on parade throughout the region between July 22 and July 24. Around 150 antique
Confectionary from the cloister
’WICKED’ SECRETS of traditional Algarve confectionary are about to be unveiled in the sanctified atmosphere of Lagoa’s Convento de S. João. From July 29-31, the cloister of the early 18th
Cork industry attacks plastic stoppers
THE RECENT spectacle of Vinho do Porto (port wine) bottles sealed with plastic stoppers triggered such alarm in the cork industry that the sector has decided to launch a concerted
European governments ponder illegal immigration
AFTER YEARS of obfuscation, the British government has admitted there may be as many as 570,000 illegal immigrants in the UK, a figure some experts believe to be an underestimate.