Council invests 90,000 euros in carnival
VILA REAL de Santo António Câmara has recently signed a contract with the Associação de Comerciantes da Região do Algarve (ACRAL), the Algarve retailers and business owners’ association, outlining the
Specialist describes new airport site as unsafe
PORTUGAL’S NEW airport site at Ota has been compared to a rickety baby. Reis Borges, a specialist in airport planning, says that the new site has severe limitations from both
Dolphins raise money for underprivileged children
A CHARITY auction was organised on New Year’s Eve at Albufeira Marina in order to raise funds to help care for children at the Santa Casa da Misericórdia de Albufeira.
Traffic lights out, roundabouts in
AS TRAFFIC lights at Guia, Alcantarilha and Lagoa are being replaced with roundabouts, the Instituto de Estradas de Portugal (IEP), the institute of Roads in Portugal, is contemplating doing the
European football teams train in the Algarve
THE RUSSIAN football team, Dynamo, where Portuguese footballers Maniche, Costinha, Frechault, Derlei, Nuno and Jorge Ribeiro play, have come to the Algarve for their winter training. They will be in
UK’s new fertility test for men makes news in Portugal
A NEW home fertility test for men known as Fertell, launched in the UK last week, has been widely covered in the Portuguese national press, with reports even quoting the
Faro’s Rembrandts are forgeries
TWO OIL paintings attributed to the famous Dutch painter Rembrandt, which were on display, from 1973 until 1998, at the museum of Faro, have been revealed by experts as forgeries.
Water to be given minimum price
A SCALE of charges, which will determine the minimum and maximum price that can be charged for water by the managers of the supply system in Portugal, is currently being
Girl of 16 found working as prostitute in Albufeira
A 16-year-old girl was found by police working as a prostitute in the house of a Brazilian couple in Albufeira. The girl’s mother, Maria de Jesus Pereira, is due to
Mendes Bota contests oil exploration in Algarve
SOCIAL DEMOCRAT MP for the Algarve, Mendes Bota, has recently issued a statement in response to reports in the press that infer the government is preparing to award a concession