Algarve

POLICE IN Vila Real de Santo António recently carried out a series of raids on premises storing fishing equipment on Monte Gordo beach, resulting in the seizure of 1,600 doses

LAGOA’S CULTURAL association, Idéias do Levante, has started two more classes of Hatha-Yoga, led by Corinne Braga. Hatha-Yoga believes the body is a vehicle for the spirit and, over the

SHOP OWNERS in Lagoa were in for a nasty surprise last Sunday, when a 31-year-old Brazilian man went on the rampage, throwing stones at windows of shops and banks, causing

IN THE interests of creating a bigger and better inaugural tournament, the organisers of the Academy Resident’s Cup, due to be played on January 29 on Vila Sol’s Championship Course,

SOME OF the biggest names in Portuguese jazz are due to perform in the second InJazz – Jazz em Português event, a unique festival for national jazz musicians. The Mário

MCDONALD’S OLDEST restaurant in the Algarve has recently reopened with a new look. After closing for a short period, Albufeira’s fast-food restaurant has reopened its doors with an innovative image

FOR THE first time in his 18 year career as a fireman in Tavira, Carlos Botelho was called upon to save a little girl who had fallen down a well,

PUPILS FROM the Castro Marim secondary school recently visited Espaço d’Arte Silva Guerreiro, an art gallery and cultural centre in Almancil. Algarvean sculptor Arlindo Arez hosted the group, giving the

VILLA RENTAL agencies in the Algarve have come under attack over the past two months with surprise visits from government watchdog, Inspecção-Geral das Actividades Económicas (IGAE), the general inspectorate for

AN EXHIBITION at Galeria Municipal Trem in Faro, presented in conjunction with the Associação de Cegos e Amblíopes de Portugal (ACAPO), the Portuguese association for the blind, will be running