Algarve

FNAC OPENED a brand new megastore at Guia’s Algarve Shopping on June 23, in an investment worth 3.2 million euros. The new store, which is creating a total of 90

THE WEST London Sinfonia is to give a concert in Vilamoura on July 9. The event is being sponsored by Vila Sol Spa & Golf Resort Hotel, where the concert

The well-known 50s rock and roll band, The Pink Cadillacs, are coming to Bar Linda in Meia Praia (Lagos) on June 25. The band has been through several different line-ups

Suspected bank robber arrested FARO POLICE recently arrested a foreign man, who is suspected of robbing a bank in the Vila do Bispo area and stealing a car which he

AN EXHIBITION of work by six accomplished female artists is currently taking place at the Slave Market in Lagos. They are Gabriela Clark, Lynne Keighley, Kate Kinnair, Caroline Wood, Sue

PARKING IN downtown Faro should be less of a headache from now onwards, thanks to the opening last Friday of the Praça e Estacionamento da Pontinha, a major new underground

LORD GEORGE CAREY, former Archbishop of Canterbury and one of the most high profile figures of the Anglican Church, has been in the Algarve for a special ceremony to celebrate

THE METEOROLOGICAL Institute warned last Monday that there was an “elevated risk” of fire throughout the country, in particular, they highlighted, “a maximum risk” in Faro and Viana do Castelo

AN OPEN-AIR classical music concert is returning to Vale do Lobo with an outstanding young conductor. On Sunday, June 26, the Algarve Orchestra will return to the luxury resort’s venue

JACK NICKLAUS flew into Faro recently to pay another of his regular visits to Monte Rei, the first Jack Nicklaus Signature Golf Course in Portugal, just north of Vila Nova