Algarve

AMY FITZPATRICK, a 16-year-old Irish girl who disappeared near the tourist resort of Riviera del Sol on the Costa del Sol, Spain, on New Year’s day at around 10pm has

MONCHIQUE AND Caldeirão hills are now included in the national map of Zonas de Protecção Especial (ZPE), special areas for protected species. The government’s decision, announced on February 7, will

A FLUTE ensemble accompanied by the guitarist Rui Mourinho will perform a concert at the Edifício Engenheiro Duarte Pacheco, Loulé, on Saturday, February 23. Music from the Middle Ages as

FARO CÂMARA wants to install CCTV cameras in the main access roads to the city and along the central avenue, while Portimão waits for approval for the city’s CCTV plans

THE CATHOLIC Bishop of the Algarve, Manuel Neto Quintas, will undertake a parochial visit of parishes in Loulé from Sunday (February 24). He is due to hold a Eucharist at

A CONVICTED paedophile who worked at Portimão Câmara was arrested on February 12 by the Polícia Judiciária on suspicion of sexually abusing  a 10-year-old girl last summer. Portuguese national daily newspaper

PORTIMÃO AND Lagos Câmaras plan to construct the largest international and inter-Câmara shooting range in the Algarve. A meeting on Monday of the Associação dos Municípios da Ria de Alvor,

THE ALGARVE Motor Park, where the Portimão race track is under construction, is to be the site of the first Radisson five star hotel in Portugal. The luxury complex will

AN EXHIBITION of historical ceramic pieces from the 15th and 16th centuries runs at Silves municipal archaeology museum until April 1. Included in the exhibition are a range of ceramic

THE ANNUAL musical event, the Festival of the Wild Geese, will be held once more at Oceânico’s Millennium Laguna Clubhouse in Vilamoura to celebrate Saint Patrick’s Day on March 16