Algarve

AS PART of the 250th anniversary celebrations of Mozart’s birth, the Igreja Matriz in Loulé will host a mass dedicated to the Austrian composer on April 23 at 11.30am. The

A COMPANY, apparently operating an unlicensed animal crematorium in the Monchique hills, has refused to cease its activities, despite receiving a closure order and instructions to demolish the facility from

AN ESTABLISHMENT in Faro, which had been illegally producing liqueurs and brandy, was shut down last week by the Autoridade de Segurança Alimentar e Económica (ASAE), the authority responsible for

THE FIRST edition of Algarve Convida (Algarve Invites), a fair dedicated to the promotion of the Algarve to the Portuguese market, held at Lisbon’s Pavilhão Atlântico earlier this month, was

AN OX went on the rampage in the centre of Albufeira last Saturday afternoon, injuring five people and causing widespread panic. It escaped from its handler at around 2.45pm, while

CALLING ALL budding David Baileys, young and old, registration is now open for the sixth edition of Corrida Fotográfica de Portimão, a photographic contest with a fun format taking place

MORE THAN 26,000 people accessed the Algarve Tourism Board’s website, www.visitalgarve.pt to check its webcam and live weather station between January 16 and April 10 this year. According to the

BRUNO, THE only manatee that can be found in the Iberian Peninsula, now lives permanently at the Zoomarine Park in Guia, near Albufeira. He was born in May 2001 in

THE FIRST meeting of the Algarve Artists Society will take place on Monday, May 15, from 7.30pm to 9.30pm, at the Raj Restaurant in the Hotel Garbe, Armação de Pêra.

THIS YEAR’S line-up for the Algarve Summer Festival, to take place at the Algarve Stadium, is still not confirmed, despite the Tourism Board’s promise that the artists’ names would be