Fantasia will open in 2007
One of the main backers of the 10 million euro Fantasia Park project, due to be built on the outskirts of Cascais, Ricardo Villar, has revealed that he is confident
Fundraisers’ events
This year, the Tavira Fundraisers is holding a pre-Christmas buffet dinner on Saturday, December 4, from 7.30pm, at Restaurant Val-Del Rei, in Pedras Del Rei, near Santa Lucia. All proceeds
Green light for golf
The Minister of Tourism, Telmo Correia, has placed all his bets on golf as far as the future of Portugal as a tourism destination is concerned. At a press conference
Historic monument faces demolition
Around 3,000 people have signed a petition against controversial plans to remove a stretch of the Lisbon aqueduct. The Ministry of Transport and Public Works claims that nearly 300 metres
Holidaymaker drowns
A British holidaymaker has died while attempting to swim off the coast of Praia da Galé, in Albufeira. According to eyewitnesses, the 54-year-old woman, who has not been named, insisted
Irish night raises funds
The St Patrick’s Society of the Algarve held its main autumn event, ‘Another Evening with an Irish Flavour’, at the Erin’s Isle Pub and Restaurant in Montechoro, Albufeira, recently. Around
Lighting up for Christmas
Portimão Câmara and the city’s Commercial Association (the ACP) turned on the city’s Christmas lights recently. The ACP invited the José Buísel school choir to entertain the crowd at a
A life spent helping others
Dra Teresa Pais Zambujo, the Mayor of Cascais, civil dignitaries and hundreds of worshippers gathered in the three huge marquees that had been erected in the main square in front
Olhão new urban public transport system
Olhão Câmara has introduced a new urban public transport system. With two buses and around 80 bus stops, the Olhão Circuit covers an area of over 17 kilometres. A câmara
Buttiglione goes to appease the Left
A new European Commission was expected to be in place by November 1. But last month in Strasbourg, the threat that a majority of MEPs would veto the proposed line-up