Algarve

MEMBERS OF social club, CASA, got together and raised over 1,000 euros towards the purchase of winter protective clothing, urgently needed for the Silves Bombeiros. Commandant António Nunes of Silves

EARLIER THIS week, we were alerted to a new, potentially crippling scam involving cheque fraud. A cheque that has been sent abroad by post can be intercepted and scanned. The

A NEW low cost supermarket will open in Lagoa in June, adjacent to the municipal Bombeiros station, The Resident has learned this week. In recent months, many locals had been

RESIDENTS OF Vale do Boi, a small village nestling in a valley west of Lagos, are up in arms about the proposed construction of an open sewage treatment plant in

THE SECOND in a series of concerts hosted by the Friends of São Brás Museum takes place on Friday, March 3 at 8pm at the museum itself, featuring the renowned

THE JEWISH Community of Algarve will be celebrating Purim, one of the most joyous festivals in the Jewish calendar, with a tea party on Sunday, March 5. The festival commemorates

AS A result of a joint initiative between the Algarve Orchestra and Faro Municipal Theatre, a series of special family concerts will be staged from Sunday, February 26, until June

COMPUTER BUFFS will be excited to hear that the Algarve capital is set to host an information technology fair entitled Al@ngarve 2006, beginning on March 17, at the João de

A SHEPHERD from Loulé found the carcasses of 23 of his animals, which appeared to have been the victims of a savage attack by a pack of dogs.   The attack,

COME ALONG and support the seventh annual Lagoa Bombeiros Dinner/Dance to be held at the Fatacil Restaurant on April 1, at 7.30pm. There will be plenty of good music for