Reduced services at British Consulates in Portugal
CONSULAR STAFF at the British Consulates in Portugal will be taking part in a training exercise on March 6 and 7. Therefore, services at the Consulates in Lisbon, Porto, Portimão
Algarve Orchestra stages concerts for families
AS A result of a joint initiative between the Algarve Orchestra and Faro Municipal Theatre, a series of special family concerts will be staged from Sunday, February 26, until June
olympics
Thrills and spills AT THE end of the first week of the world’s greatest winter sport spectacle, Great Britain landed a medal from an unexpected source. Unknown Shelley Rudman hurtled
Bikers meet in Loulé this weekend
AS PART of the carnival celebrations taking place in Loulé this weekend, the Motoclube de Loulé is staging the 16th Bikers’ Convention of Loulé on February 25 and 26, next
Police arrest couple selling heroin in Lagos
LAGOS POLICE recently arrested a couple, caught dealing heroin. The couple, residents of Lagos, would buy the drug and prepare it for direct sale to drug addicts in the city
Bombeiros fundraising night
COME ALONG and support the seventh annual Lagoa Bombeiros Dinner/Dance to be held at the Fatacil Restaurant on April 1, at 7.30pm. There will be plenty of good music for
Police catch petrol station hold-up suspects
TWO YOUTHS, a Portuguese aged 18 and a German aged 20 were detained in the borough of Silves last week, suspected of carrying out an armed robbery at a petrol
CASA helps Silves Bombeiros
MEMBERS OF social club, CASA, got together and raised over 1,000 euros towards the purchase of winter protective clothing, urgently needed for the Silves Bombeiros. Commandant António Nunes of Silves
Shakira to perform at Rock in Rio Lisboa
SHAKIRA IS the latest name to be confirmed for this year’s Rock in Rio Lisboa, the five-day music spectacular set to take place at Lisbon’s Parque da Bela Vista on
Cheque fraud – warning
EARLIER THIS week, we were alerted to a new, potentially crippling scam involving cheque fraud. A cheque that has been sent abroad by post can be intercepted and scanned. The