Algarve

FOUR OF the region’s câmaras are to make buildings more accessible to wheelchair users, pregnant women and the elderly. Vila Real de Santo António, Albufeira, Portimão and Tavira plan to

REFURBISHMENT WORK is underway in Praia da Rocha to give the area a more organised, cleaner and generally more modern appearance. Now in its second phase, work under the revamp

A HUNGER lunch and raffle will take place at the Hotel Garbe in Armação de Pêra on March 8 to celebrate and reflect on the meaning of International Women’s Day.

By NATASHA SMITH natasha@portugalresident.com MORE THAN 60 people attended an investment seminar organised by HSBC International Financial Advisers last Thursday. In the first of four seminars from the bank, Michael

JAZZ BAND Quintessence played their fourth annual concert in aid of the Lagos Bombeiros to a packed Lagos Cultural Centre. Hundreds of residents, including the chief of Lagos Bombeiros, Sr.

By: Caroline Cunha

Roman mosaics are the subject of the next meetings of the Association arqueological do Algarve (AAA). The speaker is Mark Merrony, who will present Roman Mosaics, new discoveries, new perspectives,

A new priest has been appointed to lead the congregations of St Vincent’s Chaplaincy in the Algarve. Reverend Haynes Hubbard is currently serving as Parish Priest in the Diocese of

AROUND 2.3 million euros is being spent on an underwater project to transfer marine plants from the Ria Formosa Nature Park to other areas of Portugal. Marine grass will be

By: Ruth Sharpe ruth@portugalresident.com DR. JOHN Piper was at the Hotel Garbe in Armação de Pêra on February 21 to sign copies of his new book, The Mother Killers. The