Algarve

PÊRA HOSTS the Arraial do Petisco (tapas) festival on July 27, 28, 29 and August 3, 4 and 5. The event takes place at the Centro Paroquial de Pêra and

Two men suffered head injuries after being attacked in Portimão and Lagos last week. These are the latest in a number of incidents, believed to involve local youngsters, next to

A 72-year-old British man, who was hospitalised following an altercation over a parking matter, is slowly recovering in Faro’s Santa Maria hospital. It is alleged that the expatriate double-parked his

AN ISLAMIC medina (old town) from the 10th Century was uncovered in Vila Real de Santo António last week, following archaeological excavations in Cacela Velha. Between May 7 and July

VILA DO Bispo Câmara is insisting the construction work in the Loteamento dos Carriços at Salema beach is legal and is expecting the government to intervene. The Câmara has rejected

SEWAGE SMELLS should be a thing of the past in Tavira once a new sewage treatment plant at Cabanas is completed later this summer. The new plant will render six

BRITISH TOURISTS topped the list of the most people visiting the Algarve in June. They represented a market share of 44.8 per cent and this was followed by Portuguese and

KARL VERMISST, the 69-year old German tourist who disappeared from Alcoutim in the eastern Algarve six weeks ago, is still missing. Mateus Fisher, a spokesman from the German Embassy told

ALJEZUR DISTRICT has created an industrial park where polluting activities are not welcome. Although Aljezur is one of the poorest districts in the Algarve, the local Câmara has decided that

STONE SCULPTURES created during an artist’s symposium held at the beginning of July are now on show at the main square in Aljezur. The pieces were created during the first