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A get-together for members of Casa Social Club will be held on February 18 at Ti Teresa on the EN125 near Silves. The evening will begin at 7.30pm and a

Five tonnes of used cooking oil (UCO) was collected in Lagos in 2011. The project to collect the oil started in 2009 and almost 10 tonnes has been collected since

Volunteers are being sought to carry out maintenance work on the Algarve’s pedestrian route Via Algarviana on Sunday. Route signs and markings are needed along Section 9, from São Bartolomeu

A new office to improve council services for residents is available at Olhão Câmara. The Balcão Único, located on the ground floor, provides a series of services all under one

Algarve’s overall occupancy level during January was 22.4%, down by 7.6% in comparison to the same month in 2010, making it the worst recorded in the last 17 years, according

A presentation of the Algarve’s dragonflies and damselflies will be held tomorrow (Saturday) at the Centro Ciência Viva de Lagos from 3.30pm. In high numbers in the region between March

Monty’s restaurant in Vale do Lobo is hosting a dinner party on February 24 from 7.30pm to celebrate Carnival week and raise funds for the new animal sanctuary in Goldra.

A campaign to collect nappies and other essential baby items has been launched by an Algarve association. Algarve Pela Vida (Algarve for Life) held a presentation of its campaign at

Two members of the Portuguese Parliament have proposed that a substitute programme promoting the Algarve as an all year round travel destination should be created in place of Allgarve. Cristóvão

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