Algarve

The former director of the department of Public Works and Urban Affairs at Portimão Câmara, Alberto Estêvão, has been jailed for a period of three-and-a-half years. He was convicted on

Health problems facing immigrants were highlighted on the last day of a recent conference of gynaecological and obstetrics experts, held in Tavira, welcoming more than 300 specialists from around the

THREE YOUTHS entered a villa in the Monte Carvoeiro tourist development, in the western Algarve last week, stealing money, jewellery and cameras while English holidaymakers, Russell and Charlotte Beach, along

RESIDENTS IN Tunes are outraged that an English couple are planning to convert a 1,500sqm plot of land in the area, to a rehabilitation clinic called the Nova Vida Recovery

THE ALGARVE is the region of Portugal to be awarded the most blue flags this year, in recognition of the quality of its beaches and marinas. According to the Associação

LOULÉ IS celebrating its official twinning with Benguela, a city in Angola, 17 years after the idea was first proposed. The union will bring about an exchange of social, cultural,

A small fire, in a wooded area in Vilamoura, began on Monday of this week, a short time after 1pm. It was the first forest fire emergency this year in

A NEW system for maritime traffic control is expected to be operational along the coast of the Algarve by the end of next year, from the São Miguel mountain ridge

LAMPARD, Terry, Owen and co., have been enjoying the Algarvean sunshine this week, while training and relaxing at Vale do Lobo. The majority of England’s World Cup football squad and

Around 650 tons of rubbish, including dumped cars, washing machines and furniture, was collected by four thousand volunteers on May 14 from the Algarve’s forests, in recognition of Dia National