Carnival cancelled in multiple regions – but not in Algarve!
Love it or hate it, Portugal’s ‘carnaval’ traditions run deep – and this year has been a ‘travesty’ because of the storms. Multiple municipalities have been forced to delay or
Cats caught in funding row as charity and council clash over €25,000 grant
A leading Algarve animal charity claims it has gone more than a year without receiving a promised €25,000 annual grant from its municipal council. The alarm has been sounded by
“Model United Nations” averts crisis
The pupils of Agrupamento Escolas de SilvesSul who attended Model United Nations Conference (MUN) in Manchester in 2024 and 2025 arranged a similar event for the members of Silves Rotary
“Three weeks to a month” before conditions in country return to normal
Monday is an unusual moment: the country is far from recovered from the last month’s relentless battering by storms, but the government has removed the ‘calamity status’ protection from the
Spring Plant Fair in the Museum
The Museu do Traje de São Brás de Alportel (Costume Museum) will again open its doors for the yearly Spring Plant Fair on Saturday, March 28. The fair runs from
The Algarveans striving for perfection for Humorfest
With only three weeks left to opening night, The Algarveans are deep in rehearsals for I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change, their contribution to Lagoa’s Humorfest comedy event. Presented
Seguro’s presidency gets welcome boost from ‘straggler votes’
Portugal’s president-elect António José Seguro got a welcome boost yesterday when the ‘final results’ of the second-round of voting came through from the ‘straggler municipalities’ which delayed voting on February
Many railway services still struggling to get fully on track
Traffic on the Northern, Beira Baixa, Beira Alta, Douro, Oeste and Coimbra Urban railway lines continues to be restricted or suspended on some sections today as a result of the
Bella Acapella cancel February concert in Tavira
Bella Acapella choir has announced that its concert on February 21 at the Church of Carmo in Tavira has had to be cancelled due to the ill health of the
European agriculture commissioner visits storm-battered Leiria as region loses ‘calamity’ status
With 26,000 households nationally still without electricity as a result of the recent battering by storms, Europe’s agriculture commissioner Christophe Hansen is to visit farms in the municipalities of Leiria