Algarve

THE DROUGHT situation, that is affecting the whole of Portugal and particularly the Algarve, is being exploited by a team of con men that are persuading members of the public

LOW COST airline, easyJet, commemorates six years operating in Faro airport. Since 1999, 1,720.000 passengers have flown to or from Faro with the airline company. easyJet grows every year with

Algarve ‘paradise’ threatened by wind farm PINCHO EXPATRIATES met with European MEP for Algarve, Jamila Madeira, in Faro recently, in the hope of resolving the situation surrounding the possible, disastrous

THE ALGARVEANS Experimental Theatre is holding an Open Evening for members and potential new recruits for their group. Actors and painters, dressmakers and scenery builders plus directors, scene designers and

ACCORDING TO recent reports, England football manager, Sven Goran-Eriksson’s project to build a sports complex with hotels and residential properties in Lagos (seearticle in December 23 issue of The Resident)

ROTARY fund-raising in the Algarve hit a high note last Saturday, when the Silves Club attracted 155 people to its first ever Jazz Spectacular. Guests were welcomed by Silves Rotary

FIESA, PÊRA’S awe-inspiring sand sculpture festival, is now in its third year and this summer the theme will be ‘Lost Worlds’, with sculptures set to focus on ancient civilisations. This

THE ISSUE of the re-opening of the operating block at Lagos Hospital has returned to the agenda. Two months following the public announcement that confirmed the operating block at the

PARTS OF Portugal can be mistaken for paradise and Pincho, a hamlet deep in the valleys to the north of Lagos, is such an Eden. However, this peaceful, serene and

JUST ONE month ago, Rui Soares, a local lad from Vila Real de Santo António, was rebuilding sailing boats with friends and taking part in small regattas, now he has