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• The Portuguese Football Federation has finalised its agreement with Sporting Football Club as to the use of its residential and training facilities at Alcochete. The national squad will hold
Palácio in flames
OFFICERS from the Portimão bombeiros found themselves in danger recently as they fought a raging fire that broke out in a wooden house at Bairro do Palácio in Portimão. Vilarim
Passover – celebrating a miracle
The Jewish Community of the Algarve will be celebrating the first night of the eight-day Passover festival with a communal ‘Seder’, or dinner, on Monday April 5. Reading the Hagada
A new ally
ACCORDING to a source close to Prime Minister, Durão Barroso, the leader recently made a personal phone call to the new Spanish Prime Minister, José Luís Zapatero, inviting him to
Region needs blood donors
THE ASSOCIATION for Blood Donors in the Barlavento Algarve (ADSBA) recently celebrated its 15th anniversary. President Mário de Freitas said he was proud to be part of the association’s success.
Addicts blamed for crime in Albufeira
ALBUFEIRA GNR officers have been busy throughout March, dealing with reports of stolen cars, drink drivers, illegal residents and robberies. In all, nine people, between the ages of 20 and
Sixty suffer sickness
A school worker and 59 pupils from three different schools in Lagos had to be hospitalised after suffering from food poisoning from an, as yet, unidentified source. The most severely
Almond tree alert
IN ALL, 55 guests joined DarDeVaia, a cultural and social association from the Armação de Pêra area, on a recent trip to learn more about almond trees. The tour took
Sky diving delight
Alvor aerodrome held its second international parachuting event recently. Spectators arrived from all over the region to ‘ooh and ahh’ as over 30 parachutists ‘skysurfed’ and practised spectacular free fall
Barroso made mistakes
Unlike one of his predecessors, Cavaco Silva, who maintained he never made mistakes, Prime Minister Durão Barroso has confessed to making some miscalculations while leading the country. But, perhaps wisely,