Albufeira to host Down Syndrome World Swimming Championship in 2022
After having hosted a “very successful” event for the first time in 2008, Albufeira is once again the venue for the 11th Down Syndrome World Swimming Championship in 2022. The
BLiP returns for 19th year with plenty of novelties
For the 19th consecutive year, the annual Better Living in Portugal Exhibition (BLiP EXPO) is taking place over the weekend of October 12 and 13 at the Portimão Arena. Nearly
Dutch art collective presents works at Monchique’s Porca Preta gallery
A new exhibition entitled ‘Trees, they were once humans, just like us’ will be on display at the Porca Preta gallery in Monchique starting at 5pm on Sunday, September 29.
100% merit and distinction for Algarve Dance School
Last June, Sobre Artes, a dance school in Praia da Luz, welcomed an international dance examiner into the school for their students to take part in IDTA (International Dance Teachers’
Calling all art lovers
An art auction to raise funds for the firefighters will take place on Sunday, October 20 at the Lady in Red Galeria de Arte in Lagoa. The Alerta Auction proceeds
British Ambassador talks to members of the British community about Brexit
The British Ambassador, Chris Sainty, will be meeting with the British community in Portimão, Albufeira and Cascais next week to provide an update on the impact of the UK’s exit
Back-to-school smiles thanks to generous Algarve community
The result of many months of work as well as the generosity of donors across the Algarve has meant that children’s charity ACCA, in its joint campaign with Castelo de
Almancil Campus for Nobel Algarve confirmed for September 2020
Nobel International School Algarve will open a new campus in Almancil in September 2020 for students from pre-school to Year 6, aged three to 11. The “long-awaited” campus is now
‘Aryel’ – the new animal association that finds better lives for special needs cats
A new Lagoa-based animal association that aims to rescue and provide a better life for stray cats, especially special needs cats, has been created by life-long animal lover Irene Nunes.
Safe Communities gains rare recognition as ‘volunteer civil protection organisation’
Safe Communities Portugal (SCP) has become one of only a handful of organisations in Portugal to be recognised as a “Voluntary Civil Protection Organisation (ODVC)”. The recognition, recently announced by