Algarve

CONSTRUCTION AND improvement of the rail network in the Algarve will be a top priority for the next few years. An evaluation study should be completed by May on the

A TRUCK driver has become the first person to be killed on the Via do Infante (A22) in 2007. The victim, 44-year-old Mario Ferreira Gomes, was killed on impact in

Dr Peter Booker and Professor Trevor Haywood will be presenting a series of illustrated talks on Portuguese history at the Vila Sol Hotel in Vilamoura, on alternate Wednesdays at 6.30pm.

ALGARVE-BASED animal charity, the Associação de Protecção Animal do Algarve (APAA) held a 50s, 60s and 70s dance on Saturday, January 27, at the O Casero restaurant in Arão. Organised

TWO GOLF events raised more than 2,000 euros for the Algarve branch of the Equipa Canina Resgate do Algarve (ECRA). The organisation was formed as part of an initiative to

Aperitivo is the name of the new multinational performance group that has emerged at the Museum in São Brás. The art committee wants to make their bi-monthly art exhibitions as

MORE THAN 200 protestors came together outside the Silves Health Centre on January 24 to protest against the closure of the Serviço de Atendimento Permanente (SAP). Members from the Partido

A total of 61 dogs and one cat were adopted in 2006 from the Canil-Gatil Intermunicipal, a cat and dog kennel in Vila Real de Santo António.

THE SNOW Queen ballet, based on the children’s fairytale by Hans Christian Andersen will be performed by the Companhia de Dança do Algarve in Faro on February 3, at 9.30pm.

Birgit Wegemann will be performing songs written by Berthold Brecht in the Museu do Trajo in São Bras, tomorrow (Saturday, February 3), at 8.30pm. Birgit will be accompanied on piano