Algarve

NURSES AT Faro Hospital were due to stage a protest on September 6 in order to pressurise the government into offering them increased stability with regards to their employment. Currently,

SEPTEMBER SEES the beginning a new musical season for the Orquestra do Algarve. The orchestra will be performing the music of Mozart and Lopes-Graça at the Igreja do Carmo in

This year has already seen many birthday celebrations and parties for HM Queen Elizabeth II’s 80th birthday, and on September 22, Faith in Music will present Last Night of the

Carvoeiro Tennis Club was the venue for a recent event to wish Tim Saltys success in the next stage of his tennis career, as well as giving him the opportunity

The next Algarve Archaeological Association (AAA) talk will be held on Tuesday, September 5, and will be given by Rui Parreira. Rui studied archaeology in Lisbon and Marburg University (Germany)

SECRETARY OF State for the Environment, Humberto Rosa, has now decided to site proposed power lines between Sines and Portimão, closer to the Barragem de Odelouca (Odelouca reservoir), thereby meeting

ONCE AGAIN, students at São Lourenço International School have achieved outstanding results in both IGCSE, AS and A Level examinations. This non-selective international school, located centrally in the Algarve near

Vale do Lobo beach in Loulé is not allowed to hoist the Blue Flag it was awarded at the beginning of the bathing season until it reapplies next year, despite

THE PRESIDENT of Portugal, Cavaco Silva, was the first to receive the government’s new, forge proof, electronic passport on August 28, reports The Resident’s Chris Graeme. In what was his

THE RUINS of two mosques have been unearthed during the latest archaeological dig at Ponta da Atalaia, on the Aljezur coast. Excavation work, co-ordinated by archaeologists Rosa and Mário Varela