Consumer rights explained
For many years, consumer association CIMAAL (Centro de Informação, Medição a Arbitragem de Conflictos de Consumo do Algarve) has helped customers with problems relating to their consumer rights. As The
Euro 2004 fails expectations
According to the Hotel and Tourism Association of the Algarve (AHETA), the Euro 2004 football tournament won’t have a ‘miracle effect’ on the Algarve, in terms of hotel occupation. Hotel
Prestige victims return home
Marine biologists at Zoomarine amusement park recently returned eight Caretta Caretta turtles to their natural habitat. Apparently, Marroquina, Andrómeda, Axtérix, Arquimédes, Alf, Aristóteles, Bruma and Beethoven were saved from the
Easter road deaths rise
A serious road traffic accident, which occurred in the Algarve over the Easter break, has left one person dead and three people with minor injuries. The accident happened after a
Golf conference go-ahead
The Algarve Tourist Board (RTA) has announced that the first Golf Congress to debate the future of golf in Portugal and the Algarve will be held between September 29 and
Heroin factory sniffed out
Portimão PSP officers have seized 1,000 doses of heroin from inside an old fish factory in Mexilhoeira da Carregação in Lagoa. A police spokesman revealed that officers had suspected that
Introduction to golf
Oliver Lott of the Golf Academy (Algarve Golf Events) will be giving a talk on golf in the Algarve, the various types of courses, the psychology of golf and how
New archive for Loulé
Due to the overwhelming mass of documents accumulated over the years in the city’s current archive building, Loulé Câmara President, Seruca Emídio, has approved plans for a new archive to
Police reinforcements for region
More than 100 officers from the Corpo de Intervenção (CI – Intervention Corps) arrived in the Algarve last week to reinforce the region’s PSP force. The squadron, whose arrival was
Project controversy
Locals are reporting that the lagoon is half drained and the bird identification signs have quietly been taken down; work has started on the controversial Vila das Lagoas, the new