Algarve

FOR THE seventh year running, the Tavira Film Club will host the annual European Film Show of Tavira, an event which takes place in the open air, in the Cloisters

A FIRE broke out on farm land in Paderne last week, taking 21 men, assisted by five fire engines and a helicopter, to bring it under control. Another smaller fire

ALGARVE CLASSIC Cars, the largest vintage car rally in the Iberian Peninsula, now in its 14th year, will be staged from July 14 to 16, bringing some 150 classic motorcars,

COUNCILS ACROSS the Algarve are rejoicing at the new electricity network connection between Tunes (in the borough of Silves) and Estoi (in the borough of Faro). This new link promises

THE ALGARVE Wine Society celebrated the arrival of summer, and the close of its successful spring calendar, by throwing a Summer Party on the evening of July 2. The venue

The Rotary Clubs of Silves, Portimão and Praia da Rocha are coming together to organise a special blood donor day at the Barlavento Hospital in Portimão, this Sunday, July 16.

THE ROTARY International slogan for the year 2006/7 is ‘Leading the way’, and the Rotary Club of Silves is certainly typifying that in more ways than one. Rotarian Isabel Flores

THIS MONTH sees the city of Loulé host one of the largest musical events in the country – the Festival Internacional de Jazz de Loulé, now in its 12th year.

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IN 2007, it will be possible to walk the length of the Algarve along the Via Algarviana (Algarvean Track), an ecological pedestrian track. Developed and managed by environmental group Almargem,