Charitable concert
A concert in aid of Portugal’s poorest people will be presented by the Wind Orchestra of the Algarve in the Lagoa Municipal Auditorium tomorrow (Saturday), at 9.30pm. Sponsored by the
Charity run
A charity launch party will be held tonight (Friday) at the Embassy Beach Club in Praia da Luz, for Matthew Loddy, who will be undertaking a Luz to London marathon
Claim that wages not paid for three months
Protests at the Carlos Saraiva (CS) Salgados Grande Hotel in Albufeira have begun due to alleged wage arrears of three months. It is understood that around 340 employees of the
Algarve gold
Loule’s Celestino Pinho won the opening round of the cyclo-cross Portuguese Cup in the elite division at last weekend’s meeting near Vila do Conde.
Algarve History Association talks
Historian Peter Kingdon Booker will be talking about The Peninsular War at the Algarve History Association events this month. The topic will be The Battles of Fuentes de Oñoro and
Algarve to push for cruise tourism
by EMMA BERTENSHAW emma.bertenshaw@theresidentgroup.com Reviving old port areas is a mammoth undertaking but, with investment, can become a tourist hotspot as proved by the Albert docks in Liverpool and Darling
Atlantic Cup
Top quality international club football will be on show in the Algarve when the Atlantic Cup 2012 kicks off at the former Faro-Loulé Euro’2004 venue on January 28. The second
Beach wonders
Five beaches in the Loulé council area have been put forward as candidates for the ‘Seven Wonders – Algarve Beaches’ contest. Vilamoura and Quarteira are candidates in the Urban Beaches
British resident assaulted and robbed at her home
by INÊS LOPES ines.lopes@theresidentgroup.com Two women, one British and the other Portuguese, were violently assaulted and robbed at their homes by three armed men on the morning of January 5.
Champion
Germany’s Tony Martin will defend his 2011 Tour of the Algarve title between February 15 and 19. The Omega Phama-QuickStep star will become the first reigning world time trial champion