English instructors help hospital staff
English instructors have come to Portugal to train hospital staff at Porto’s Santo António General Hospital in how to respond effectively in disaster situations. The move is part of the
Hidden epidemic
As Portugal marked National Alcoholics Anonymous day recently, experts hoped that the event would focus attention on a growing national alcohol problem. It is estimated that there are 700,000 chronic
Keeping Portugal safe
Border clampdown during events. Officers from the Maritime Police have detained an Algerian man for illegally entering into Portugal. The individual had disembarked from a fishing vessel in Praia da
Longer season
FOR THE first time, the Algarve’s beaches will be officially ‘open’ between April 1 and October 31 – the longest season yet. The new dates were confirmed at a meeting
Lost Jews return
Nearly 40 leaders of emerging ‘crypto-Jewish’ communities from across Portugal and Spain are gathering in Madrid for a three-day seminar being organised by the Jerusalem-based Amishav organisation this week, which
Palácio in flames
Officers from the Portimão bombeiros found themselves in danger recently as they fought a raging fire that broke out in a wooden house at Bairro do Palácio in Portimão. Vilarim
Region needs blood donors
The Association for Blood Donors in the Barlavento Algarve (ADSBA) recently celebrated its 15th anniversary. President Mário de Freitas said he was proud to be part of the association’s success.
Sixty suffer sickness
A school worker and 59 pupils from three different schools in Lagos had to be hospitalised after suffering from food poisoning from an, as yet, unidentified source. The most severely
New Spanish Prime Minister invited
According to a source close to Prime Minister, Durão Barroso, the leader recently made a personal phone call to the new Spanish Prime Minister, José Luís Zapatero, inviting him to
International sky diving event
Alvor aerodrome held its second international parachuting event recently. Spectators arrived from all over the region to ‘ooh and ahh’ as over 30 parachutists ‘skysurfed’ and practised spectacular free fall