Algarve

Dinner in aid of the old people’s home and hospice in Pêra A FUNDRAISING dinner will be held at 8pm on Saturday, August 26 in the pavilion at the Sheraton

A WOMEN, aged 23, from São Brás de Alportel was found dead on August 4 at the Festival  Sudoeste  in Zambujeira do Mar (Alentejo). The woman’s body was discovered at 11am in

Volta a Portugal, the country’s most famous national bike race, now in its 68th year, departed from Portimão last weekend. In total, 17 teams began the 1,544 kilometre cycle, which

After DECADES in captivity, eight turtles, which have been kept at the rehabilitation centre for marine species at Zoomarine’s Porto d’Abrigo in Guia, have recently been released back into the

This month, the international sand sculpture festival, FIESA 2006, at Pêra, is set to entertain its visitors with live music, as they wander round the impressive images and scenes. Beginning

The Almancil International Rotary Club is one of the most recent Rotary clubs to have been inaugurated in Portugal. The inauguration ceremony took place recently at the Ria Park Hotel

LAGOA’S NEW Netto superstore will be opening its doors to the public this Saturday, August 12. The store specialises in household products such as decoration, stationery, utilities, glass, textiles, perfumes,

FOLLOWING A five year wait due to bureaucratic problems, the green light has finally been given for a new five star hotel to be built in the borough of Vila

A large part of the centre of Carvoeiro (Lagoa) was recently left without water, after a rupture in the mains supply occurred … again. It was the third time a

AT THE Resident, we are well aware of the need to help our planet in any way we can. So, following last week’s Letter from Brussels by Philip Bushill-Matthews, entitled