Cultural centre celebrates 25th anniversary
TO MARK the 25th anniversary celebrations of São Lourenço Cultural Centre, two concerts by internationally acclaimed musicians, Danish recorder player Michala Petri and husband Lars Hannibal on guitar, are set
Fire at Tavira courts destroys a dozen case files
A FIRE that is believed to have been started deliberately on Tuesday morning of this week, destroyed paperwork relating to around a dozen cases, that were being stored at Tavira
Gastronomy festival in Tavira this weekend
STARTING THIS Saturday (April 1) and continuing until April 9, Tavira presents the third edition of the Festival de Gastronomia Serrana, (festival of mountain gastronomy), involving various restaurants from the
Lusort promotes environmental awareness in Vilamoura
COMMEMORATIONS FOR World Forest Day took place at Parque Ambiental de Vilamoura recently, involving more than 50 schoolchildren. Pupils aged between 10 and 12 enjoyed various educational activities and games
Portuguese Open gets underway at Penina
THE 50th edition of the Algarve Open de Portugal Caixa Geral de Depósitos is now underway at Le Meridien Penina Golf Resort in Portimão, continuing until Sunday, April 2. This
Sixth Iberian sports meeting takes place on Ilha de Tavira
THE IBERIAN Peninsula’s largest recreational sports event, Encontro Ibérico de Desporto (END), now in its sixth year, will be taking place between April 12 and 15 on Ilha de Tavira,
Suspected drug dealers arrested in Vale Judeu
TWO CAPE Verdian men were recently arrested in the Vale Judeu area of Loulé, on suspicion of drug dealing and for possession of an unlicensed firearm. The men, who are
Algarve promoted on CNN and Eurosport
IN A campaign commencing this month, the Algarve will be promoted via television advertising on two international channels with the largest viewing figures: CNN International and Eurosport. The objective is
Sven’s Algarve resort gets thumbs-up from government
ENGLAND FOOTBALL manager and former Benfica coach, Sven-Göran Eriksson, recently received news that his sports and leisure resort, planned for construction in the western Algarve, has been declared as being
Algarve’s Jewish community celebrates Passover Festival
THE JEWISH Community of the Algarve will be celebrating the first night of the eight-day Passover Festival with a communal seder (dinner) on Wednesday, April 12. The reading of the

