Hockey highlight
THE HIGHLIGHT of the Casuals’ hockey season took place at the clubhouse last weekend. Teams from Algarve, Porto, Spain, Germany, England and Holland met for a fiercely contested competition. The
Ironic Alanis brings rain to the Algarve
WE PRAYED for rain and it came. As I was getting ready for the unexpected concert from Canadian rebel, Alanis Morissette, at the students’ week in Faro last Wednesday, the
It rains in Santiago
THIRTY YEARS before the 9/11 in New York, there was also a 9/11 in Santiago de Chile: “It rains in Santiago” was the password for the military coup of Pinochet.
KUWAIT
Women win right to vote THE KUWAITI parliament has voted to give women full political rights. The amendment to Kuwait’s electoral law means women can, for the first time, vote
Ladies Algarve Open part of European Tour
THE ALGARVE Ladies Open de Portugal is to be included in the 2005 tournament calendar of the Robe di Kappa Ladies European Tour (the professional women’s European golf circuit), organisers
Laureus World Sports Awards in Estoril
• Tennis No.1 Roger Federer with partner Mirka Vavrinec THE LAUREUS World Sports Awards, now in its sixth year, has established a unique place in the sporting calendar, honouring the
Loulé joins hunters in clean up
LOULÉ CÂMARA joined with the Federação de Caçadores do Algarve, the Algarve hunting federation, to carry out a major clean up operation to collect abandoned rubbish from the hunting areas
Man held over bank robberies
A 33-YEAR-OLD man has been detained in Olhão, charged with carrying out a series of armed robberies on banks located on the south bank of the Tejo and one on
Mayor among beauties
CASCAIS CÂMARA President, António d’Orey Capucho, met with contestants of the Miss Tourism of the Planet-Portugal recently. The girls visited the Cascais area and took part in a number of
Monte Gordo chosen for Harley Fun ‘n’ Sun event
FOLLOWING THE enormous success, in June 2004, of the 13th European Meeting of the Harley-Davidson Owners Group in Monte Gordo, the Algarve resort has been chosen again to stage a