Lagos school represents Portugal at Dance World Cup
Three dancers from the Lagos-based dance school Move-Ment are currently representing Portugal at the 2015 Dance World Cup. Nicola and Annika Thomas and Chantal Ellison qualified for the event in
Aljezur International School “Play in the Parque” in Barão de São João
This year’s “Play in the Parque” at Parque de Merendas in the forest behind Barão de São João (Lagos) is taking place on Friday, July 3. The first production was
Portugal without fires
You will probably have guessed it but May experienced the highest temperatures for that month since records began, with temperatures reaching 40ºC in Beja. This coupled with high winds has
Wave power tested in Ria Formosa
The Algarve’s Ria Formosa could be home to an innovative renewable energy project aimed at testing a Scottish prototype device that can generate electricity from the power of waves. The
Tavira’s green energy revolution
A play on the word “cooperative” joined to the name of legendary astronomer and mathematician Copernicus, results in Coopérnico – Portugal’s first renewable energy cooperative, whose pioneering project is located
The risk of, and coping with, a humanitarian crisis
The terrible earthquake with a magnitude 7.8 that occurred in Nepal on April 25, resulting in a huge death toll and UN estimates that 6.6 million people have been affected,
Reporting a crime in Portugal
I have been wanting to write this article for some time, but it involves quite a bit of research. Luckily this has taken a giant step forward with the input
King Charles II and his Portuguese Queen
Theatre || In 1662, aged 23, the Portuguese Princess Catarina of Bragança set sail from Lisbon to England. Accompanied by an entourage of courtiers and priests, she was embarking on
Do you know who’s calling you?
It seems obvious, doesn’t it? You receive a telephone call from overseas by someone speaking English in a foreign accent saying they are from Microsoft. Without waiting further you slam
Student failures cost Portugal €660 million per year
Education chiefs have slammed Portugal’s “failures system” – the practice of failing students who don’t get the right grades. They say the system does not work on any level and