Algarve

SPEAKING AT the European Council in Strasbourg, as part of a debate about water management, MP José Mendes Bota, Algarve leader of the Social Democratic Party, defended desalination as a

AFTER YEARS of experience in the family business in Holland, Ruud Kip started his own company in the Algarve 10 years ago. Bemlimpo focuses on the cleaning and treatment of

WORK TO refurbish and reorganise Praia da Rocha beachfront is well underway and should be finished by the beginning of June, in time for the summer season. This is the

DON’T MISS out on one of this year’s greatest golfing events, The Jimmy Tarbuck’s 25th Anniversary Golf Tournament, on February 8, 9 and 10. The tournament starts at 9am every

THE PORTUGUESE PGA is organising a new, exciting men’s golf competition, The Algarve Cup, at Pinheiros Altos in Almancil, on Saturday, February 11. This is a team competition for the

THE ALGARVE’S 31st International Photographic Art Fair is being held at the Casa da Música in Castro Marim until February 19, an event organised by Racal Clube with support from

THE LIONS Clube de Loulé is a charity dedicated to helping the local community. Funds raised over the last year have provided the bombeiros of Loulé with six full fire-protection

IN COLLABORATION with the Friends of São Brás Museum, the Triple Bass Music Agency will, once again, be bringing jazz to the Algarve. Following on from their hugely successful Summer

HOTEL OWNERS in the Algarve are outraged at the government’s plans to dramatically increase the price of electricity from the second quarter of this year. The Associação dos Hotéis e

A NEW Retail Park, hosting a range of major stores, two of which will be firsts for the Algarve, is due to open in Portimão this spring. Boasting a total