Algarve

ON EVERY alternate Thursday there is an acoustic music evening at the Mariners restaurant/bar in Portimão hosted by Graham Cooper and Daryl Bye. The music spans from folk to swing

Organised by WineMine Lda., the Silves based wine distributor, a group of 24 WineMine Club members recently returned from a fascinating tour of wine regions in Chile and Argentina. The

FARO’S CAFÉ ALIANÇA, the oldest café in the Algarve, has recently opened a hall of fame to display photographs of its most famous visitors. During the 20th century, the café,

LOULÉ Câmara, the Santa Casa da Misericórdia de Loulé and Hospitais Privados de Portugal have signed final protocols that will allow for the reconstruction and remodelling of Loulé’s Hospital da

THE ALGARVE Orchestra gave the inaugural concert at the long-awaited opening of the Lagoa Municipal Auditorium last week. With a programme of Mozart and Beethoven, the conductor was Álvaro Cassuto

ONCE AGAIN, the German fire brigades have given generously to their fire-fighting colleagues in Silves and Messines. When Rott am Inn regional fire chief, Ludwig Schaefer, noticed the difficulties bombeiros

LOULÉ CÂMARA unveiled three new street names in Almancil recently, among them Rua Volker Huber, after the late founder of the São Lourenço cultural centre who died last year. Volker

AFPOP, the association for foreign residents living and working in Portugal, said a fond farewell to their outgoing president, Sheena Rawcliffe, recently and warmly welcomed Patricia Roberts to the top

THE JEWISH community of the Algarve will be celebrating the first night of the eight-day Passover Festival with a communal ‘seder’ (dinner) on Saturday, April 23. The reading of the

THE FIFTH Koninginnedag Tournament, to celebrate the birthday of Her Royal Highness Queen Beatrix of The Netherlands, will take place at Castro Marim Golfe and Country Club, on Saturday, April