Algarve

2005’s budget for Faro Câmara is 90.2 million euros, as approved at the Câmara’s General Assembly recently. Of that amount, 63.8 million euros will be spent on investments and 26.4

A NEW exhibition stand, representing an investment of 85,000 euros, was recently designed for the Algarve Tourism Board (RTA). The brand new display material is being described as “modern, dynamic

THE DELAY in constructing the Odelouca dam is obliging Barlavento câmaras and Águas do Algarve, the company responsible for supplying water to the public, to resort to boreholes in order

NEW YEAR is a time when we all make resolutions – to lose weight, stop smoking, or reduce stress. Douglas Ballard, international medium and healer, returns to the Algarve from

THREE Musketeers, Eddy de Bie, Dave Mossman and John Gilbert (pictured), participated in a sponsored swim at Armação de Pêra beach, in aid of Cancer Care in Faro. So far,

2004 was the worst year for tourism in the Algarve since 1993, in terms of occupation rates which, on average, dropped 4.8 per cent.It is also evident that Euro 2004

A NEW congress centre is to be constructed in the Algarve by 2006. The new complex, called Pavilhão do Arade, is to be located in Parchal, close to Portimão, and

SANTANA LOPES’ government has just 10 days to find a solution to raise 556 million euros, the amount necessary to maintain the budgetary deficit at less than three per cent

GREEN PARTY MP, Isabel Castro, has submitted an official complaint to the Ministry for the Environment and Planning about illegal sand extraction from the Ria Formosa. The Greens claim that

THE SOTAVENTO Association (ASA) has approved a plan which aims to draw more European tourists to the eastern Algarve. The association recently had a stand at London’s World Travel Market,