Algarve

TWO FAIRS dedicated to the construction, decoration and furnishing of properties will take place side by side in the riverside area of Portimão between April 3 and 6. Algarve Construção,

FARO CÂMARA President, José Apolinário marked tree week on March 17 by planting two orange trees with the help of children from the Escola do Carmo kindergarten. Tree week took

THE CRISIS AFFECTING Portuguese cemeteries as they reach their capacity may turn into a serious problem in the Algarve in the long term. The region is the only one in

LAGOS CÂMARA has created a new urban transport system called A Onda, the wave, which will run every day from April between 7am and 8pm, including Sundays and bank holidays.

LOULÉ WILL be celebrating the end of the Mãe Soberana religious festival on April 6 with an outdoor church service in front of the Eng. Duarte Pacheco monument at 4pm.

SILVES BOMBEIROS are facing financial difficulties as three of their ambulances have broken down and they do not have the funds to have them fixed. Part of the reason for

PORTIMÃO RIVERSIDE is hosting the first Air Festival from April 25 to 27. The festival will feature airplanes and helicopters performing acrobatics and visitors will be able to practice in

A SPANISH businessman, who was kidnapped in Madrid on March 6, was rescued from an apartment in Monte Gordo by police last Thursday (March 20) and five people were arrested.

SCULPTURES of Portuguese monuments made from sugar and bread will be on display at the Continente supermarket in Portimão until Sunday. Included in the sugar craft exhibition are sculptures of

THE PIT Bull terrier that attacked a 12-year-old boy in Lagoa on February 22 has been put to sleep following a period of quarantine, according to the municipal vet. The