Portugal

By CAROLINE CUNHA caroline@portugalresident.com CIMPOR, A Loulé based cement factory in Cerro do Parragil, close to the A22 near Boliqueime, is applying to burn non-hazardous waste at the plant. The

By NATASHA SMITH natasha@portugalresident.com Builders broke ground as part of a ceremony last week close to the historical village of Cacela Velha in Vila Real de Santo António to mark

THREE ORGANISATIONS have clubbed together to provide a football pitch at Pirilampos children’s home in Albufeira. The Central Algarve Ladies Luncheon Group, who meet monthly, the Amigos das Crianças and

THE MAYOR of Oeiras, Isaltino Morais, has had his holiday house in the Algarve repossessed by the Ministério Público, the public ministry. The villa, in Altura in Castro Marim, was

It’s time for BLiP The 2006 Better Living in Portugal exhibition (BLiP) will be held at the Parque das Feiras (ExpoArade) site in Portimão on October 14 and 15. The

Four female Javan Langurs have arrived at Omega Parque in Monchique and have successfully integrated with the four already there. A natural group has now been formed with one dominant

BRITISH AMBASSADOR to Portugal, John Buck, was the guest speaker at a British-Portuguese Chamber of Commerce lunch-debate held at the Sheraton Algarve and attended by around 40 members and guests.

By RUTH SHARPE ruth@portugalresident.com TEN ART enthusiasts travelled to the Algarve this month to attend a 10-day watercolour workshop held by Jenny Jowett in the hamlet of Pincho in the

The first night of the play Lights Out was performed on Saturday at the Centro da Quinta do Paço, between Algoz and Tunes, to a standing ovation.  Nicky Moran wrote the