Algarve

PORTUGAL HAS one of the lowest suicide rates in Europe, according to the president of the Sociedade Portuguesa de Suicidologia (SPS), Bessa Peixoto, who was speaking at the 12th Algarve

THIS YEAR’S line-up for the concerts featured at the Algarve University’s annual Semana Académica (Academic Week) showcases the best of the country’s homegrown talent, and is taking place from May

DEMOLITION WORK began in Praia da Rocha this week to bring the Algarve’s first tourist hotel, Hotel da Rocha, built in 1906, to the ground. The total demolition will take

THE RESIDENT’S Filipe Lima (left) and Paulo Silvestre draw the lucky winner of a fantastic three-day break to the Yorkshire Dales this year, courtesy of low fares airline Thomsonfly.com. Congratulations

GOLF, TENNIS, football and an art exhibition by local artists, followed by a dinner and dance and a grand raffle and auction, was the full day’s programme of the Gala

HUNDREDS OF life-size dolls were displayed in many of the Algarve’s villages on Monday, May 1, in order to mark Dia do Trabalhador (Worker’s Day). Following an age-old tradition, handmade

AN EXHIBITION of work by three local English artists is currently taking place at the Slave Market in Lagos until May 15. The artists, who all live in the western

PET PARK in Mexilhoeira Grande is holding a Kids Fun Day on Sunday, May 21. There will be a doggie gymkhana, so bring your own dog or borrow one of

REINFORCEMENTS ARE being granted by the Ministry for Internal Administration to increase the civil protection manpower available during the Algarve’s forest fire season. The region is one of five districts

THERE IS welcome news for the eastern Algarve as a new international school is to be opened in one of its most picturesque and relaxed areas. For those with children,