Algarve

EIGHTIES BAND, Simple Minds perform in Faro tonight (Friday July 28) at the Algarve Stadium. The group, whose biggest hits include Don’t You (Forget about me), Alive and Kicking, Promised

The division within the Anglican Church here in the Algarve has hit the British newspapers with reports in The Guardian, The Daily Telegraph, on the internet version of the Church

São Brás de Alportel will be hosting Feira da Serra this weekend (July 28, 29 and 30), a festival of sounds, traditions and flavours from Serra do Caldeirão. This popular

“KEEP BEACHES clean all summer” is the message being promoted in a new awareness campaign recently launched by the Algarve branch of consumer protection organisation, DECO, in conjunction with Faro

AFTER DECADES in captivity, three turtles are going to be returned into the ocean in September. Biologists from Zoomarine in Guia have been training the animals to survive by their

FRENCH surfer, Joan Duru, won the Super Bock Pro competition at Praia da Cordoama in Vila do Bispo recently, after a day of qualifying rounds. With one metre high waves,

The Algarve Hotels and Resorts Association (AHETA) has accused the company responsible for Portugal’s highways, BRISA, of “providing a bad service” to users of the A2 (Lisbon-Algarve) road. AHETA claims

ONE HUNDRED and one people attended the first service of the All Saints’ Anglican Church Algarve, on Sunday, July 16. Led by the Reverend Eric Britt, former Chaplain of St.

POLICE IN Lagos recently arrested a 20-year-old Bulgarian pick-pocket, seen stealing the wallet of an English holidaymaker in the city centre. Apparently, the thief struck when the tourist had placed

THE ALGARVE is in the running to pick up a number of World Travel Awards this year, with several hotels in the region receiving nominations across various categories. Vila Joya,