Algarve

THE ASSOCIAÇÃO de Solidariedade com as Crianças Carenciadas do Algarve (ACCA), a Portuguese registered charity supported by its international members throughout the Algarve, has arranged for the purchase of a

A 21-YEAR-OLD Brazilian prostitute was recently the victim of a violent attack by a client in Praia da Rocha, which resulted in her falling from the sixth floor of a

Portuguese Agriculture Minister, Jaime Silva (left), observes a migratory stork, aided by a guard of the Ria Formosa National Park in Faro, during his visit to the Algarve last week.

THE STUDY of earthquakes and a tsunami forecast will finally be undertaken in the Algarve. António Costa, Minister for State and Internal Administration, visited the Algarve recently to preside over

A GROUP of 22 Brits suffering from Parkinson’s Disease and their families are enjoying a two-week holiday in the Algarve, staying at the Atlantis Hotel in Vilamoura until March 20.

A MUCH-NEEDED new Paediatric Emergency Unit will shortly be built at Faro Hospital, thanks to the huge success of a recent fundraising event organised at the Forum Algarve shopping centre

Business owners up in arms over refurbishment work in Albufeira THE DEADLINE for completion of the refurbishment work being carried out under Polis Albufeira, the plan for improvements in the

THE LIONS Clube de Loulé is a charity dedicated to helping the local community. Over the last year, their project has been to provide the Bombeiros of Loulé with fire-protection

CANADIAN INTERNATIONAL medium Elizabeth Chick, a Minister of the International Christian Spiritualist Church, will be visiting the Algarve to hold workshops on mediumship. Saturday, April 1 from 10am  – 12.30pm, ‘Basic

A WALK entitled Os Moinhos (The Windmills) is being organised by the Associação dos Amigos da Cortelha, in Salir (Loulé), on March 12, at 9.30am. Walkers will have the opportunity