Vila do Bispo online
THE WEBSITE for Vila do Bispo Câmara is now up and running. The câmara commissioned internet website design company Algarve Digital to develop the website, which regularly posts news and
An evening with a swing
ALGARVE-BASED animal charity, the Associação de Protecção Animal do Algarve (APAA) held a 50s, 60s and 70s dance on Saturday, January 27, at the O Casero restaurant in Arão. Organised
Birgit sings Brecht
Birgit Wegemann will be performing songs written by Berthold Brecht in the Museu do Trajo in São Bras, tomorrow (Saturday, February 3), at 8.30pm. Birgit will be accompanied on piano
Coastal study centres
FIVE REGIONAL administrations, including one for the Algarve, will be set up to study coastal erosion and tidal patterns. Minister for the Environment, Nunes Correia, said the annual erosion of
Hotel funding hiccup
A LACK of funds has halted the conversion of the Convento de Nossa Senhora do Desterro in Monchique into a hotel. President of the câmara, Carlos Tuta, has said they
A hole in one for charities
THE ANNUAL golf tournament, gala dinner and show held at the Victoria Golf Course and Casino in Vilamoura on January 20, raised 53,000 euros for three charities: Existir – an
Silves residents protest against SAP closure
MORE THAN 200 protestors came together outside the Silves Health Centre on January 24 to protest against the closure of the Serviço de Atendimento Permanente (SAP). Members from the Partido
A22 claims another life
A TRUCK driver has become the first person to be killed on the Via do Infante (A22) in 2007. The victim, 44-year-old Mario Ferreira Gomes, was killed on impact in
Plans to revamp train network
CONSTRUCTION AND improvement of the rail network in the Algarve will be a top priority for the next few years. An evaluation study should be completed by May on the
Câmara recycles cars
A TOTAL of 122 abandoned vehicles have been removed from the streets of Vila Real de Santo António over the past five years and recycled. The vehicles were collected by