Algarve

PORTIMÃO GNR arrested a man on Monday for carrying marijuana. The 31-year-old man was arrested when heading to Portimão on the A22, between Albufeira and Pêra.It has been reported that

THE EARL of St Andrews, George Windsor, spent his summer holidays relaxing with his family at Vila Sol Golf and Health Spa, in Vilamoura. They played golf and tennis, spent

TAVIRA CÂMARA is hosting its second business show this weekend. Starting today (Friday) at 6pm, the Mostra Empresarial de Tavira will be held every day until 11pm in Jardim do

THOUSANDS OF people converged on Quarteira on Friday to watch a midnight fireworks display that signalled the end of the first summer of the Allgarve project. Allgarve, a programme of

BRITISH ARTIST Jessica Dunn’s new collection of oil paintings will be exhibited at the Convento Espírito Santo gallery in Loulé from tomorrow (Saturday) at 6pm until October 6. The paintings

MONCHIQUE BOMBEIROS are hosting a blood drive tomorrow (Saturday, September 8) organised by the Associação de Dadores de Sangue do Barlavento do Algarve, a non-profit organisation that works in the

POLICE SEIZED a total of 2.2 tonnes of a potent form of hashish, called pollen, from a boat in the Guadiana River in Castro Marim. During a routine patrol on

FARO POLICE arrested a 35-year-old man who allegedly raped a woman working in a shop in Patacão, a small village just outside Faro. Police say the woman was taking a

FUTURETECH, AN exhibition promoting new information and communication technologies, started yesterday (Thursday) and runs until Sunday at the Portimão Arena. During the exhibition there will be a LAN party for

THE BODY of a young dwarf whale was found by fishermen at sea near the port of Arrifana, Aljezur on Monday. It was towed by the fishing boat to the