Algarve

AN EXHIBITION of remarkable watercolours of donkeys, gypsies and market sellers by artist Sue Rubira is currently on show at the Armazém Regimental in Lagos. Sue, MA Royal College of

CORTELHA, AN interior village within the borough of Loulé, will be the setting for another national motorcross championship, the 26th Prémio de Maio em Motocross, taking place on May 1.

PORTIMÃO RETAIL Park, situated off the EN125 at Chão das Donas, will open to the public on Saturday, April 22, at 10am, owners Capital Invest told The Resident this week.

FOLAR DE Páscoa, or just folar, is a fancy bread eaten during the Easter period in Portugal. The traditional flavourings of aniseed and cinnamon make it a most welcome companion

VARIOUS RELIGIOUS events, forming part of the Easter celebrations, are due to take place in Tavira this month, including Procissão do Triunfo (April 9) and Procissão do Enterro do Senhor

AN ANNOUNCEMENT has recently been made by the government, stating that each borough should only have one branch of Finanças (tax office). This means that where there is more than

THE ROTARY Club of Silves celebrated its 13th Charter Night last week and announced a number of innovative projects for the next Rotary year. Speaker at the Charter dinner was

GROUP A Naifa returns to Loulé on April 15 to perform a concert at the Cine-Teatro Louletano, at 10pm. Following an appearance at the Mediterranean Festival in 2005, A Naifa

A GROUP of friends from the Algarve Surf School Association are environmentally conscious people, who do more than just think about how we are destroying our planet. They got together

HOTEL VILA Monte in Moncarapacho was the setting for a seminar organised by the Algarve regional health authority last week, entitled ‘Health screening in the Algarve and Andalucia: new technologies