Donate cartridges to bombeiros
Lagoa bombeiros are organising a campaign to collect old computer printer toners and ink cartridges and convert them into cash. A spokesperson for the bombeiros revealed that the volunteer firefighters
Fatacil celebrates silver
Organisers of the 25th Fatacil Fair, the Craftwork, Tourism, Agriculture, Commercial and Industrial Fair held in Lagoa, believe that this year’s event has the potential to be the most spectacular
Mosquitoes are carriers
Mosquitoes in some areas of the Algarve have been identified as carriers of the West Nile Virus, the rare illness that recently affected two Irish holidaymakers in the region. But
PM visits fire victims
Prime Minister Pedro Santana Lopes has visited the Loulé area to see for himself the extent of the devastation caused by the recent forest fire in the Serra do Caldeirão
Cliff hits the beach
Fisherman’s Beach in Albufeira has been cut off to traffic since Thursday of last week, in preparation for Sir Cliff Richard’s open-air concert to commemorate the city’s 500th birthday tonight
Magnificent marlin
After an hour and a half of hard work, national fishing champion João Brito successfully caught one of the biggest marlin ever registered off the Algarve coast, weighing a whopping
Marina link ‘fundamental’
After years of concern over the safety of the ‘old bridge’ between Parchal in Lagoa and Portimão, local authorities from both sides have announced that they consider building a new
Government slammed in fire post-mortem
José Vitorino, President of Faro Câmara, has expressed solidarity with the region’s fire victims and claimed that “regional autonomy” for the Algarve would have prevented the catastrophe. The câmara leader
Tropical Algarve
This weekend, the Algarve will host the first ever Caribbean festival to be held in Portugal. Festa Caribe 2004 is being run by veteran Caribbean festival organiser Christoph Höver, along
Lagos hospital closure fears
The Regional Health Administration (ARS) of the Algarve has guaranteed that Lagos Hospital will keep all its wards open. The pledge comes after unions publicly voiced concerns about the eventual