New Bishop for St. Vincent’s
Bishop James Johnson is ministering to the Anglicans during August and taking the services at St. Vincent’s Anglican Church at both the Boliqueime Chapel and St Lukes at Monte da Palhagueira.
New five star for Vila Real de Santo António
FOLLOWING A five year wait due to bureaucratic problems, the green light has finally been given for a new five star hotel to be built in the borough of Vila
Portimão Hospital ready to apply for ‘baby-friendly’ status
THE BARLAVENTO Hospital in Portimão is preparing an application to become a ‘Baby-friendly Hospital’, a certification granted by a national commission in co-ordination with the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF).
Race Ahoy!
Tavira will be hosting the Junior European Sailing Championship (420 and 470 class) from today (August 11) until next Saturday (August 19). Around 400 participants from 17 countries will race
Rotary round up – English speaking Rotary inaugurated
The Almancil International Rotary Club is one of the most recent Rotary clubs to have been inaugurated in Portugal. The inauguration ceremony took place recently at the Ria Park Hotel
Salazar Bridge celebrates anniversary
PORTUGUESE DICTATOR Salazar never wanted a bridge spanning the River Tejo. He thought it would be too costly. Neither did he want the bridge to bear his name, believing that
Food and folklore festival in Loulé
This weekend (august 5 and 6), the village of Cortelha in Loulé will explode with colour and life, with the return of the Manjares Serranos and the Folklore Festival of
Windsurfing festival returns to Sagres
THE FINAL stage of the Sagres Windsurf Festival is taking place at Praia do Martinhal, in Vila do Bispo, from August 12 to 15. The event is open to all
Golf roadshow hits Algarve beaches
GOLF PROFESSIONALS from some of the Algarve’s leading golf courses are offering free golf tuition during the first three weeks of August, in a roadshow organised on 15 of the
Increased air traffic for Faro Airport
THIS SUMMER, 18 new regular flights and 27 charter flights are being operated out of Faro Airport. These new additions bring the airport’s total number of connections this summer to

