Portimão in crisis
The newly-relegated west Algarve football club is still being haunted by the threat of extinction. The official start of the 2011/12 season is scheduled for June 26 and by that
Scruffts 2011
The Association for Protection of Animals in the Algarve (APAA) will hold the 12th Scruffts ‘Dog of the Year Show’ on September 18 in the pavilion at the Fatacil showground
Summer buses
Portimão bus company Vai e Vem’s summer schedule has started and will run until September 14. Among the innovations for this season are the L1 Azul with new stops at
Summer Parade in Albufeira
Albufeira is due to receive the Summer Parade show tomorrow (Saturday) at Avenida Sá Carneiro in Oura area. As part of the Allgarve’11 programme of events, the Summer Parade will
“Please read the book” says Kate McCann
By DAISY SAMPSON daisy.sampson@theresidentgroup.com Kate and Gerry McCann, parents of missing Madeleine McCann, returned to Portugal at the weekend to promote the launch of the Portuguese version of Madeleine, the
Rock festival
A celebration of rock and roll will be taking place in Quarteira tonight (Friday) and tomorrow (Saturday) as part of the Quarteira Rock Fest 2011 festival. The fourth edition of
Thieves steal exotic birds
More than 30 exotic birds were stolen on May 25 from the Centre Algarve project for special needs people based in Moncarapacho. Barbara Willis from Centre Algarve said: “We were
Tourist “will never return to the Algarve” following attack
British tourist Jonathon Mullen, one of the latest victims of violence in Albufeira after he was attacked by a gang just off the strip in Albufeira on May 22, has
Warnings were not heeded
When Irish businessman David Hoban was the victim of a violent attack in Albufeira on April 16, he vowed to work to draw attention to the problem of crime in
Water festival in Estoi
The village of Estoi near Faro is holding the Festival da Água (Water Festival) from today (Friday) to Sunday. This free admission event organised by the regional water authority Águas do