A car for any occasion
IT’S BEEN 38 years since Manuel Caldinha sat in the gardens in the centre of Albufeira contemplating what he should name the car rental company he was about to open.
A little corner of paradise
ESTALAGEM QUINTA Jacintina is the newest five star hotel to open near Quinta do Lago. As the fruit of many years planning and hard work by Brian and Monica Pullin,
FOOTBALL SUMMARY
Big moves ENGLAND MIDFIELDER, Michael Carrick, is the latest 20 million euro target for Old Trafford manager Sir Alex Ferguson. An initial bid of 14 million euros was rejected out
FORMULA ONE – Silverstone
AHEAD OF Sunday’s British Grand Prix, Michael Schumacher retained his position as president of the driver’s council, despite the negative publicity generated by the Monte Carlo cheat row. Back on
Holding back the years – Simply Red play Portugal
IT HAS been 21 years since Mick Hucknall and his bandmates first hit the music scene as Simply Red with the release of their debut single, Money’s Too Tight (To
Portuguese music industry tries to improve poor image
PORTUGAL’S FIRST Music Industry Fair (FIMP) took place in Lousã, near Coimbra, recently in a brave bid to reverse the painful and slow decline of the country’s musical culture image
Talented, ambitious, skilled … and only 17-years-old
SOUTH AFRICAN showjumper, Amy Derber, has lived in Portugal for just under two years, but, in that time, has competed in many showjumping competitions with her horse Grenat De Langers,
TENNIS – Paris, in defence of their crowns
AS WIDELY anticipated, the two currently leading exponents of the sport, Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal, reached the final for another mouth-watering showdown in Paris. The Swiss world number one
THE WORLD CUP – Opening salvos
Group A – The hosts: Germany v Costa Rica THE THREE-time world champions began their current campaign very much in the mould of their manager, Jürgen Klinsmann. Philipp Lahm produced
Algarve shows only increasing birth rate in Portugal
THE ALGARVE is the only region in Portugal where the number of births has risen in the past five years. Dr. Rui Lourenço, the president of the Administração Regional de