Algarve

THE THIRD annual Albuhera music and arts festival is due to take place tomorrow (Saturday) and Sunday at Fishermen’s beach, in Albufeira, from 8.30pm. The event will feature a performance

THE PRESIDENT of the Freguesia of Ferragudo, Luís Alberto, has criticised the increased noise levels in Praia da Rocha during the last week. He said that despite several measures being

A NEW home for young girls needing help has been opened in Faro. The centre, which spans three floors, has a capacity to care for 36 girls aged between 12

THE 69th Tour of Portugal started on Portimão’s quayside with the traditional prologue time-trials last Saturday.

By: NATASHA SMITH natasha@portugalresident.com TWO CHILDREN aged 11 and 16 were not allowed to board an easyJet flight from Faro to the UK because they were too young to travel

FIVE COURTS across the Algarve will undergo refurbishment, and the addition of a new hearing room each, before the end of next year, however, the investment has not been met

PLANS FOR 10 new luxury hotels in the Algarve have been unveiled by the Prime Minister, José Sócrates, and the Minister for the Economy, Manuel Pinho. The projects, together entitled

MUSIC FROM around the world will be played in Sra da Rocha, near Porches, between August 10 and 12 at the Festival Sons do Atlântico. Each day, the festival will

The temperature promises to soar in Portimão with the advent of the first Sexy 2007 fair, an international sex fair taking place this month. The event promises to be full

A 37-year-old Ukrainian man was arrested in Lagoa in the early hours of Sunday morning for alleged drink driving and attempting to bribe police officers. Two GNR officers noticed a