Algarve

PRIME Minister, José Sócrates, was in the Algarve on Tuesday to open a new primary school and kindergarten in Conceição, Faro. Also present at the inauguration were the Secretary of

Quinta da Calma, the Centre for Integral Yoga and Holistic Health in São Lourenço near Almancil, is again holding its popular Festival of Light. Visitors are welcome to discover the wide

AFPOP, Portugal’s largest foreign residents’ association, is holding its annual sporting and social event, the Autumn Festival (previously known as Gala Week) at the end of September and the beginning

WAYS OF using more renewable energy in Portugal was on the agenda at a meeting in the Algarve attended by the Secretary of State for Industry and Innovation, António Guerra. With

Bishop John Baycroft, a former Bishop of Ottawa in Canada, has come to the Chaplaincy of St. Vincent’s Church of England for three months. Bishop Baycroft will guide and assist

SEVEN BOROUGHS in the Algarve have registered to join a voluntary programme to monitor sand quality in a project being co-ordinated by the European Blue Flag Association and developed by the

CHILDREN FROM the Lagos orphanage spent an enjoyable few days camping at Quinta Linhares in the hills surrounding Silves. Jason and Kaye Kimpton, and their three children Edward, Jordan and

EMERGENCY DEPARTMENTS at hospitals in Beja and Faro have been inundated with patients due to the high temperatures experienced in recent days, confirms the Direcção Geral a Sáude (DGS), the

Caroline England and her beloved three-legged Labrador, Jackson, have left Pet Park boarding kennels in Mexilhoeira Grande, after years of dedicated and compassionate work for the dogs, cats and horses

FLAMENCO FEVER has hit Lagos this month! The city’s fifth Flamenco Festival is now underway and continues until September 16 at Lagos Cultural Centre. Workshops for the general public to