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.

By: ELOISE WALTON eloise@the-resident.com A 15-YEAR-old Dutch girl escaped from a man who attempted to force her into his car as she was walking home near Porches on March 11.

EXPOMAR, A fair dedicated to the sea and nautical activities, which was due to be opened on Wednesday (March 19) by the vice-secretary of state for agriculture and fishing, will

FIRST AID courses in English will take place at the Tivoli Marinotel in Vilamoura on March 31 and at the Hotel Tivoli Lagos on April 4. The courses have been

The Portuguese Parkinson’s Association held a conference in the Cultural Centre at Vila do Bispo. Organised and presented by the Chairman of the Barlavento Algarve Branch, José Luís Mota Vieira,

By: ELOISE WALTON eloise@the-resident.com POWER LINES due to be erected across 400km of Portugal between 2009 and 2014 will be as far away from urban areas “as possible” to minimise