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LOULÉ CINEMA is paying homage to the great Spanish film director, Pedro Almodóvar, with screenings of three of his films throughout the remainder of October. One of Almodóvar’s best-known films,

By NATASHA SMITH natasha@portugalresident.com Voluntary canine search and rescue team, Equipa Canina de Resgate do Algarve (ECRA) is on-call 24hours a day, 365 days a year to support bombeiros and

CLOTHES FROM the 19th and early 20th centuries are on display in the windows of various shops in downtown Faro until October 22 as part of an exhibition aimed at

TASTE THE delicious, hot roasted chestnuts and enjoy the new wine at traditional Portuguese harvest festival celebrations taking place across the Algarve this autumn. Villages, towns and cities will be

By CAROLINE CUNHA caroline@portugalresident.com MAMAMARATONA 6 proved an enormous success on Sunday, with 1,150 people officially registering to take part, a whopping 400 more than last year. In fact, the

On Sunday, October 1, a family fun day, including a raffle, bric-a-brac stall and auction took place at the São Brás Inn to raise funds for the bombeiros of São

A FORMAL request has been made by the Minister for Health, Correia de Campos, to Loulé Câmara to allow the construction of the University of Medicine of the Algarve next

THE FRIENDSHIP between Loulé and the Dutch city of Utrecht has been strengthened with the gift of a religious sculpture by Dutch artist Jits Bakker. The sculpture will be displayed

Following the success of last years Shoebox Drive for the Elderly, another shoebox drive has been organised for Christmas 2006. Castelos dos Sonhos, a registered charity, who help more than 200

Hundreds of motorbike enthusiasts are expected to descend on Albufeira on, Saturday October 14, to take part in the sixth National Harley Davidson Meeting. The event is being organised by