Algarve

THE FIRST brick of a new swimming pool complex in Mexilhoeira Grande, Portimão was laid last week. Located next to the municipal football ground, the 2.2 million euro pool is

AN ALGARVE beach is the first in the country to test a system that combats coastal erosion. Ecoplage, created in 1983 by Danish engineer Hans Verterby, is a system which

The Algarve Wine Society held its Annual General Meeting, Gala Dinner and Dance at the Sheraton Hotel on February 17. AGM president Mike Behennah chaired the meeting, which was attended

FOUR SOCIAL Democrats (PSD) were in court last week accused of making defamatory statements in 2002 about socialist Câmara President, Júlio Barroso. Former Lagos Câmara President, Valentim Rosado, admitted to

HEALTH AND safety inspectors working with GNR officers shut down two restaurants in Quarteira last week and arrested two men for possessing illegal weapons. Health and safety infringements were discovered

JAZZ BAND Quintessence played their fourth annual concert in aid of the Lagos Bombeiros to a packed Lagos Cultural Centre. Hundreds of residents, including the chief of Lagos Bombeiros, Sr.

Roman mosaics are the subject of the next meetings of the Association arqueological do Algarve (AAA). The speaker is Mark Merrony, who will present Roman Mosaics, new discoveries, new perspectives,

A new priest has been appointed to lead the congregations of St Vincent’s Chaplaincy in the Algarve. Reverend Haynes Hubbard is currently serving as Parish Priest in the Diocese of

AROUND 2.3 million euros is being spent on an underwater project to transfer marine plants from the Ria Formosa Nature Park to other areas of Portugal. Marine grass will be

By: Ruth Sharpe ruth@portugalresident.com DR. JOHN Piper was at the Hotel Garbe in Armação de Pêra on February 21 to sign copies of his new book, The Mother Killers. The