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The University of the Algarve is offering language courses, which will commence on October 16 at the management, hotel and tourism school on the Penha campus in Faro. Students, who

MEMBERS OF the St. Andrew’s Society recently had a fun night at Porches Pottery, with a treasure hunt in the garden and raffle, followed by supper prepared by Julie Garrett.

Two men, aged 29 and 31, have been arrested, charged and given prison sentences, for mugging a pedestrian in Lagos recently. The victim, who was pushed to the ground during

Portuguese troops left this week on a six-month deployment in Kabul to assist the NATO-led ISAF (International Security Assistance Force) mission in Afghanistan, to replace a contingent of 150 Portuguese

This year has already seen many birthday celebrations and parties for HM Queen Elizabeth II’s 80th birthday, and on September 22, Faith in Music will present Last Night of the

Albufeira CÂmara recently donated 750 euros towards the construction of a preschool for the Instituto D. Francisco Gomes, the boys orphanage in Faro, also known as Casa dos Rapazes. The

YOU MUST have noticed … your mailbox is unusually full with junk mail and your TV viewing and radio listening have been hijacked with countless advertisements. Yes, it’s back-to-school time

IT HAS been reported that two men attempted to rob Slide & Splash, the water park near Lagoa, in the early hours of August 28, but failed to break into

“What a success, you certainly know how to organise things in Luz,” were some of the comments overhead during the barbecue held last week, following the Fun Golf Day organised