Algarve

IF YOU want to escape the drudgery of everyday life into something more adventurous, why not experience the fantastic lift to your senses that belly dance can bring? Classes have

TOMORROW MAY 19, Alcalar will be recreating the past as it was 5,000 years ago to celebrate International Museum Day.

THIS MONTH will see hundreds of snail lovers converging in Castro Marim for the fifth snail festival on May 25, 26 and 27. The event will take place in the

AS PART of the commemorations for Loulé Day last Thursday (May 17), a public holiday in the borough, the câmara signed an agreement with Portugal’s consumer protection organisation, DECO, to

FORMER PRESIDENT of Portugal, Jorge Sampaio will be in the Algarve on June 7 to speak at the inaugural Algarve – Andalucia Nursing Congress being hosted at Faro nursing school

THE RESIDENT published an article in the May 11 issue informing readers that the Algarve Health Authority has published a document in English on its website outlining healthcare rights for

CLOSE TO 30,000 cigarettes and 800 cigars of various brands have been seized in Faro by customs officials. The seizure was the result of an investigation into the suspicious behaviour

THE ALLGARVE campaign launch, scheduled to take place in Vilamoura last Saturday, was called off by the national tourism authority, Turismo de Portugal. According to a press statement, Turismo de

PORTUGAL’S POLÍCIA de Seguranca Pública (PSP) recovered an 11-year-old girl in Vila Real Santo António on May 19 after she was allegedly kidnapped in the early hours of the morning

MORE THAN 17 years after the project was first discussed, the new Lagos Câmara building broke ground recently, but news was overshadowed when it was announced that it would cost