RTA brings out the big guns
In a major change of strategy, the Algarve tourism board (RTA) has rejected around 2,500 requests for funding from organisations across the region and will spend next year’s budget on
Fun filled festive fair
Once again the Escola Internacional São Lourenço in Almancil, is holding its ever-popular annual Christmas Fair on Saturday, November 27, from 11am until 4pm, to raise funds for the new
Rugby – Tri-Nations Championship
Wales put up a great show against the Springboks, just losing out by a two-point margin. Scotland looked to be overrun by the Australians until staging a second-half comeback as
Fute (Factory Utilities Tube Limited)
Fute is a Portuguese ‘David’, competing with great success against several international ‘Goliaths’. Much smaller than worldwide giants, such as Brabantia, Leifheit and Hailo, Fute has increased its sales 10
Scouts tackle shameful rubbish
A total of 453 Scouts collected 11 tons of rubbish along the edge of the EN125 national road last weekend. The event, organised by the Junta Metropolitana do Algarve (AMAL)
Government plans to introduce congestion charges
A London style ‘congestion charge’ – a tax payable by drivers if they enter a city within peak hours – could soon be in place in Lisbon. The government is
Station opening postponed
Due to the closure of the Rossio Tunnel, the opening of the new Meleças-Mira Sintra Station, planned for November 2, has been postponed by REFER, the railway authority. Residents of
Historic home becomes heritage
Cascais Câmara has bought Casa de Santa Maria, the summer home of the Espírito Santo Silva family. With its unique location on the seafront between the Santa Maria Lighthouse and
Supporting the best of the Algarve
International companies, Barclays and Sovereign Group, are major supporters of the British-Portuguese Chamber of Commerce’s special event, which will give a warm Algarve welcome to the new British Ambassador, Mr
Dutch Muslim school hit by bomb
A bomb explosion has hit an Islamic school in the Netherlands. As tensions run high after the recent murder of controversial film-maker Theo van Gogh, police say it could be