Portuguese and Spanish unite for art
A paintings exhibition by Portuguese and Spanish artists is being held for the first time in São Brás de Alportel this month. The first Salão Ibérico (Iberian Show) is being
Fighting on two fronts
Portimão FC saw out the old year with their worst Liga Orangina performance of the season. The team was never in the hunt as visitors Oliveirense dominated throughout the 13th
Portuguese for beginners
A Portuguese language beginners’ course will start on January 16 and run until February 17 in the Lagos Language Centre (Centro de Línguas de Lagos).
Funeral agency expands
Servilusa, Portugal’s leading funeral services company, has taken over funeral agency Coelho in Portimão. The acquisition is part of Servilusa’s continuing expansion programme which started in 2010 and has already
Portuguese supermarket group stops accepting credit cards
One of Portugal’s household supermarket names – Pingo Doce – is not accepting credit cards. The move comes after the supermarket’s holding group company, Jerónimo Martins, moved its headquarters to
German tourist and Portuguese man die off the west coast
A German woman and a Portuguese man died off the west coast in the Algarve in separate incidents on Tuesday. The German tourist, 36, was walking with her partner along
Positive about the year ahead
Parkalgar CEO Paulo Pinheiro says the Algarve International Autodrome in Portimão remains positive about what 2012 has in store. “2012 is a difficult year to predict, but at the Autodrome
Hotels pay toll charges
Hotels in Vigo, Galiza, in the north of Portugal, paid for guests’ motorway toll charges in order to attract more visitors for New Year’s Eve. Following a significant fall in
President rules out extraordinary measures
Portugal’s president Cavaco Silva has said that the Government can only reduce the state’s deficit through structural reforms and cuts. He made the statement only 24 hours after signing a
Hunt for bargains
A ‘stock-out’ retail fair is taking place in Portimão this weekend. Visitors to the Alameda da Praça da República by the main shopping streets in the city centre will be