After the ball comes the supper
Society || The Saint Andrew’s Society of the Algarve held a successful Saint Andrew’s Ball at the Penina Hotel in November and is now looking forward to the Burns’ Supper
Burns Night dinner at Estoi Palace
Poet || The Rotary Club Estoi Palace International (RCEPI) will be repeating last year’s successful Burns Night celebration on Sunday, January 25 at the Coaching House, Estoi Palace. This year
Santa delights from Iceland
Collection || The Iceland store in Guia staged a food collection drive in the run up to Christmas to support Algarve children’s charity ACCA. The result? Two huge boxes of
Theatre group holds auditions
Silves || The Silver Mask Theatre Group is holding open auditions for actors at O’Gradys 12 Bar in Silves on January 8 at 8pm. Auditions are open to any nationality,
Bridge club celebrations
Carvoeiro || After an afternoon’s bridge session at the Cristal Hotel in Carvoeiro, a dinner was held by the First Algarve Duplicate Bridge Club (FADBC) – the oldest such club
Rush to the pumps as Portugal’s fuel prices plummet … for one week only
For the first time since 2009, diesel is on sale in Portugal for less than a euro. Prices for LPG and petrol have also dropped at the pumps as a
Gunned down and left to die in Albufeira
A young man is fighting for his life in Faro Hospital after being gunned down and left to die in Albufeira in the early hours of December 27. Thirty-year-old Brazilian
FREEZING COLD! Portugal under yellow alert as below zero temperatures welcome in 2015
If you’re planning a night on the town this New Year’s Eve, make sure you take along warm clothes, hat, scarf and gloves. “Extremely” cold weather will mark the end
TAP loses €6 million even though strike averted
At the end of a disastrous year, TAP has announced that “the strike that didn’t happen” has still cost the airline at least €6 million. The reason is that publicity
Grocer and father fights for life in hospital after being gunned down in Cascais
A 36-year-old supermarket owner is fighting for his life in hospital after being shot in the head and chest in a Christmas Eve raid on his Cascais business. According to