Portuguese firefighters head for France
As meteorologists predict another hot summer ahead, a team of 30 Portuguese bombeiros from Santarém has left for Valabre in the South of France, to take part in a training
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
Virus kills two children
Two children have died in the Fernando Fonseca Hospital, in Amadora-Sintra, near Lisbon, after contracting ‘adenovirus’ – a virus that is particularly threatening to children. And reports indicate that another
25 April 1974 – 30 Years on
Thirty years ago, on the morning of April 25 1974, troops from Portugal’s Armed Forces Movement (MFA – Movimento das Forças Armadas) began what was to become known as the
Algarve excluded from fire plan
Local câmara heads, fire chiefs and forestry companies have expressed outrage at the government’s decision to completely exclude the Algarve from its new strategy to prevent forest fires. Hundreds of
Barroso criticises Spain
Prime Minister Durão Barroso has sharply criticised the Spanish government’s decision to withdraw troops from Iraq, saying that their disengagement will only exacerbate the situation in Iraq. He has also
Calendar Girls drop everything for a good cause on April 29
Cinema-goers in the Algarve are soon to be treated to Calendar Girls, a film starring Julie Walters, Helen Mirren, Annette Crosbie and John Alderton, based on a true story of
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
Guns ‘n’ Roses substitution
Rock in Rio-Lisboa organisers have revealed that the Foo Fighters will replace Guns ‘n’ Roses on May 30. Apparently, this will be the only performance by the Foo Fighters this