Algarve

CHANGES TO traffic flow in some of Portimão’s streets will stay in place until reconstruction work on the Metallic Bridge crossing the Arade River is concluded. Starting at midnight on

FARO CÂMARA has announced it will invest 1.4 million euros in building new and improving existing crèches and kindergartens by 2009 to combat the massive lack of facilities for children.

A BLOOD donor session will take place on January 3, between 10.30am and 2pm, at the Empresa Municipal de Águas e Residuos de Portimão (EMARP). This initiative has been organised

THE METEOROLOGICAL Institute placed several districts in Portugal including Faro on orange alert, the third level in a scale of four, because of strong winds and bad weather this week.

Conviction overturned ÉVORA’S APPEAL Court has overturned a man’s conviction for sexually abusing his four-year-old daughter and ordered his release from prison. The case was originally heard by the Portimão

DECEMBER’S NATIONAL food drive, Banco Alimentar Contra a Fome (BACFA), has been deemed a great success thanks to the thousands of volunteers from around the country who helped out. In

PROMOTING WORLD peace and fighting hunger are the main reasons behind plans to build the first Buddhist monument in the Algarve. The monument, known as the Stuppa, will be located

THE ALGARVE Tourism Association (ATA) has begun an advertising campaign to attract British tourists to the region through Sky television channels. A total of 1,900, 20-second adverts will be shown

THE SONAE Distribution Company is being forced to sell one of its supermarkets in the Algarve before it can complete its purchase of the Carrefour chain. Sonae has been told

LAGOA THEATRE is hosting the GNR Philharmonic Band on Sunday, January 6, for a special New Year’s concert. The Guarda Nacional Republicana (GNR) band was originally created in 1838 by