Lagos’ home for the disabled restores fire-damaged activities room
Casa de Santo Amaro in Lagos, a home for disabled people, received much-needed donations to help it restore its activities room that was destroyed last summer by a fire. Fundraiser
Getting hitched again “to become free of legal time restraints”
Coming in time for Valentine’s Day it may open the floodgates to lots of ‘popping questions’, but it also shows a shocking lack of equality in time-bars on divorced people
4.7 million condoms ‘distributed’ by health authorities during 2017
Today (Tuesday February 13) is the International Day of the Condom, and in Portugal the event is being ‘celebrated’ by the translation into English and Chinese of information on condom
New anti-oil protest called for Friday
MALP, one of the first groups to mobilise against the threat of oil and gas drilling in the Algarve, is holding a new protest outside Loulé town hall on Friday
Monchique prepares for bumper Feira dos Enchidos
Monchique’s signature “Feira dos Enchidos” (festival commemorating traditional delicacies made from homegrown pork and local farming) promises to be bigger and better than ever before this year, with a line-up
Benfica triumph in Portimão
Portimonense 1-3 Benfica Following an opening half during which Benfica could easily have scored more than Cervi’s opener, Portimonense clawed their way back into the match after the interval before
CASA members meet for lunch in Alvor
Fifty CASA members and guests met in Alvor for lunch at the Pôr do Sol restaurant on Saturday, February 10. The restaurant is a popular venue for CASA members who
VRSA morgue without conditions to preserve bodies
It’s not a new problem, but it is aired every time a family is horrified to learn that their recently deceased loved one has decomposed so much that the funeral
Portugal European Futsal champions!
Portugal lifted the Futsal EURO 2018 championship trophy in Ljubljana, Slovenia on Saturday night when they beat Spain 3-2 after extra-time. This was the country’s first European futsal title and
Will you marry me … in Portugal?
It is a growing, extremely lucrative market: luxury weddings for foreigners in Portugal – many of them couples who have never been here before. Público reports on the trend, saying