Domestic tragedy
A woman who poisoned her husband and then set light to their Évora home has told a court that she committed the crimes because she was a victim of domestic
The HOFF takes on the Autodrome
“The Hoff is coming to Europe, and we want YOU to enjoy the party!” – It’s billed as an “entirely new way to look at racing and music” and it’s
Talking Lynx
Officials across the board met up in Silves last week to “talk Lynx”. The meeting was designed to create a strategy for 2014 as the borough’s national reproduction centre prepares
Office complex built from shipping containers to open in April
An office complex created entirely from disused shipping containers and bus carriages will be inaugurated in Lisbon in April. Mariana Duarte Silva, one of the promoters of the unusual real
Horrific prison rape may have been “initiation ritual”
Prison services have opened an inquiry into the horrific “rape” of a prisoner, repeatedly sodomised with a broom handle. The man, an accountant sentenced to five years for crimes of
"Irresistible prices" at Algarve Spa Week
Half-price luxury spa treatments at some of the best five-star hotels in the Algarve will be available between March 15 and 23, in celebration of the fifth Algarve Spa Week.
EC’s Algarve funding “just a drop in the ocean”
Civic alliance ‘Salvar Faro com Coração’ has heavily-criticised EC funds coming to the Algarve as being a “drop in the ocean of necessities”. Calling it “an injustice”, the independent organisation
Confirmed! This is Portugal’s shirt for the 2014 World Cup
Like it or not, this is the shirt that will be the Portugal ‘strip’ for the 2014 World Cup. Showcased across several websites dedicated to football, including ‘101 Great Goals’,
Basketball ref undeterred by violent assault
Despite having been violently attacked last week at the end of a match in Slovenia, Portuguese basketball ref Luís Lopes says he is in for the long haul. Even so,
2014 to see 80 Blue Flag beaches
2014 may see 80 Blue Flag beaches in the Algarve – 11 more than the region had last year. And this year, Lagoa borough council – one of the municipalities