Journalist creates Algarve TV channel
RESPECTED PORTUGUESE journalist, Paulo Lavadinho, has set up Tele 7, a TV production company with offices in Gambelas, Faro, with the aim of creating a dedicated regional television channel for
Portugal one of the most promising investment destinations
AFTER LAST year’s widely covered ‘Top 20 of the World’, Channel 4’s programme A Place in the Sun narrowed the list to Europe and focused purely on capital gain. And,
Portuguese wine honoured by German magazine
GERMAN WINE magazine, Weinwirtschaft, has elected Portuguese wine Casal Garcia for its list of the Top 100 wines of 2005. The election was based on criteria such as quality, the
Rain insufficient to assuage Algarve’s drought
DESPITE WIDESPREAD reports that the Algarve is no longer in a drought situation, data from the Algarve University reveals that the rainfall in recent months was not sufficient to stop
A book for success, a book no company should be without
WHEN JORGE A. Vasconcellos e Sá wrote Strategy Moves, on the flyleaf he reminded us of the words of General Douglas MacArthur: “In war there is no substitute for victory.”
Reset yourself with the Bowen Technique
NAMED AFTER its innovator Tom Bowen, the Bowen Technique is a gentle, relaxing, complementary therapy that sends messages deep into the body. Therapists move over muscles and connective tissue, using
A personal expression
WHY WORKOUT? What exercises and equipment can I use to change my shape and get fit? When will I have time to exercise with my busy schedule? Where will I
Revive your wardrobe
IN SPRING last year, we covered the opening of a nearly new women’s fashion boutique in Almancil called Revivals. Discreetly tucked away in the back of the Griffin Bookshop, it
Algarve resort at millionaires fair in Holland
VALE DO Lobo participated, once again, in Holland’s leading luxury consumer show, the Miljonair Fair, in December. Marketed as the event for the luxury lifestyle, the fair, organised by Yves
Security debated in Faro
MORE THAN 150 participants attended a congress held at Faro’s Conservatório Regional do Algarve recently to debate the issue of security in Portugal and in particular in the Algarve. The