Algarve

FROM JULY 8 to 17, Loulé will host the 14th annual Craftwork Fair, which is set to take place in the Lago do Palácio da Justiça. About 75 exhibitors are

PORTIMÃO IS hosting the national debut of the most important world exhibition of photojournalism and the biggest national gala of press photography in the Zona Ribeirinha (Portimão waterfront). Portimão Câmara

SOME OF the best jazz musicians around will perform at the 11th Loulé International Jazz Festival, which runs from July 9 to 30. This year the bill features Sirkis, Venier,

LUDWIG SCHAFER of the German fire brigade has, once again, helped the Silves Bombeiros receive a delivery of vital equipment from both his and BMW Dingolfing brigades. With the kind

Portimão street closed PORTIMÃO’S Rua Direita has been closed to road traffic for the duration of the summer and will operate as a pedestrianised zone. According to a statement issued

Blue Flags for Almancil beaches ONCE AGAIN, the Blue Flag will fly on Almancil’s beaches, namely Quinta do Lago, Ancão, Garrão and Vale do Lobo, signalling a clean and healthy

SOLHEIM CUP players, Elizabeth Esterl and Ana B. Sanchez, were among the 15 Lady Pros on the LPGA European Tour, who gave their time to play in ACCA’s (Associação de

IN A joint statement, the Junta Metropolitana do Algarve (JMA), the Comissão de Coordenação e Desenvolvimento Regional do Algarve (CCDR) and Águas do Algarve SA have issued water saving instructions

A NEW soap opera for Portuguese television station TVI, called Mundo Meu (My World), includes scenes shot in Alvor and Portimão. Those watching the new soap, which is shown at

SINCE THE beginning of spring this year, no less than 158 fires have burned in the Algarve, blazes that have affected around 800 hectares of land. The statistics, which have