Algarve

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,

• Luis Figo FOR THE second consecutive year, the Algarve Stadium in Faro will play host to the Luís Figo Foundation’s All Stars Charity Football match on July 2, at

THIS YEAR marks the centenary of Rotary International. As Rotarians all over the world are preparing to celebrate, Albufeira Câmara has given the go ahead to the erection of a

FOR THE second time in as many years, Swede Cecilia Ekelund (pictured) was winner of the Algarve Ladies Portuguese Open golf tournament at the Gramacho course in Carvoeiro, Lagoa, ending

THE CIPOL petrol station in Alcantarilha (Silves) was robbed last Sunday night by a masked gunman. According to witnesses, the assailant was apparently aged between 20 and 30 years old

PRAIA DA Batata in Lagos will be playing host to the Lagos jet ski prize challenge this weekend (July 2 and 3), a contest which is part of the 2005

AS PART of the celebrations to mark the 50th anniversary of the parachuting troops, a military parachuting tournament will take place in Albufeira this weekend (July 2 and 3). This

“FEAR AND insecurity have taken hold of our daily lives,” said Socialist Party candidate for the presidency of Loulé Câmara, Vítor Aleixo. Announcing his candidacy recently at a dinner in

2005 LOOKS likely to be a better year for tourism in the Algarve, predicts the Região de Turismo do Algarve (RTA), the Algarve tourism board, which is expecting to see