Algarve

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

AN ENGLISH couple were arrested in Albufeira last week, accused of robbery. The couple, a 30-year-old man and a 19-year-old girl, were found attempting to break into a coin box

A FORUM to debate the Mediterranean diet was recently held in São Brás de Alportel, an event that served to confirm the advantages of this style of diet and alerted

A ROAD safety exercise, aimed at raising awareness of the need to drive more safely on the EN125, took place last Friday, organised by the Associação Nacional de Segurança e

Strong winds and intense rain cause damage across the region HOUSES WERE flooded, trees fell and walls collapsed as a result of the violent storm that hit the Algarve during

MONTENEGRO’S ESCOLA E.B.2/3 was the setting recently for a display by folklore troupe Grupo Folclórico e Etnográfico Amigos do Montenegro, who demonstrated the traditional way of stripping corn back in

PRESIDENT JORGE Sampaio has called for the tourist industry in Portugal to be more competent and up-to-date. Addressing a tourism conference in Tróia, Setúbal, the President said: “We have to