Algarve

A COUPLE living in the Algarve were arrested by Almodôvar GNR recently, suspected of a series of car thefts. The pair were caught driving a stolen jeep, which was reported

AN ORGANISATION in Loulé that provides support for mental health patients may shortly be forced to close due to lack of funding. The Associação de Doentes Mentais, Famílias e Amigos

FOUR POLICEMEN were required to appear at the Departamento de Investigação e Acção Penal in Évora earlier this week, to be formally identified by Leonor Cipriano, who is accusing the

UNTIL RECENTLY, there have only been two dedicated public treatment facilities to serve the Algarve’s 15,000 sufferers of diabetes – the Barlavento and Faro Hospitals. But, from January of next

A new store from Os Mosqueteiros Group has recently opened in Olhão, combining food brand Intermarché and clothing and fashion label Vêtimarché. According to the group, the opening of this

FARO POLICE have confirmed that four men, including two Brazilian transvestites, were arrested in the Quarteira area recently. The group are accused of robbery, kidnap and violent assault to obtain

A TOUR of the Douro region was this year’s autumn break for 48 members of CASA Social Club. The first night was a stopover at Óbidos (north of Lisbon), where

AN ENGLISHMAN, 41, was caught burgling a home in Paderne (near Albufeira) earlier this week when, just as he was jumping over the villa’s garden wall with the loot in

POLICE ENTERED the Crazy Bull nightclub in Armação de Pêra, detaining seven people, aged between 17 and 29, after reports of unruly behaviour. Silves GNR raided the establishment that, according

TODAY, THE Associação Cultural e de Apoio Social de Olhão (ACASO), an association of cultural and social support, is a spacious, well maintained, friendly and loving centre for mentally handicapped