Drugs haul on beach
Several tonnes of hashish were seized and 10 foreigners from Eastern Europe arrested following a dawn operation by Portimão’s Fiscal Brigade Detachment (BF) at Barranquinho beach, near Carvoeiro, in the
Easter soccer festival
With the Euro 2004 football championship just around the corner, Barringtons health club in Vale do Lobo has been busy helping the youth of today become the football stars of
Euro 2004 – SEF plans strike
Incoming flights to Portugal could be cancelled in the event of the Foreign and Frontiers Office (SEF) calling a strike during the forthcoming Euro championship. The director of Lisbon airport,
False euros seized
Several false 50 and 100 euro notes have been detected in Portimão. These notes have been appearing in Loulé, Vila Real de Santo António and Silves over the past few
Forced into prostitution
According to GNR reports, four Romanian women, one of whom is a minor, have escaped from an apartment in Armação de Pêra, where they claim to have been forced into
Generic anaesthetics under scrutiny
The President of the Southern Regional Council of the Order of Doctors, Pedro Nunes, has promised a full investigation into the nature of generic anaesthetics used on patients. The statement
Jealous row ends in murder
A sardine lunch between two friends in Alcantarilha ended in murder recently. Apparently, the two men, aged 35 and 79 years, were close friends and occasionally enjoyed a shared sardine
Maritime security must be boosted
Portugal’s coastline security need to be reinforced, according to Mourato Nunes, Commander of the GNR, after it emerged that this was the area where security forces fell short of expectations
Move it and you’ll live longer
By Dr. THOMAS KAISER Dear Reader, I am sure you have noticed that there is a lot of controversy in modern medicine. We all get confused when new studies come
Musical delights
From The State Ballet of the Russian Art Academy to Egyptian belly dancing, the Orquestra do Algarve to the Peña Flamenca of Huelva, the 28th Algarve Music Festival has it