Bridge dinner and dance in Loulé
An afternoon of bridge followed a buffet dinner and DJ music is taking place on July 24 at Restaurant O Bonito in Goldra de Baixo, Loulé. Bridge starts at 2.30pm
BES turns over new leaf to get back on its feet
Banco Espírito Santo, one of Portugal’s biggest banks, is under new management since Monday (July 14) following pressure from the country’s central bank for BES to be released from the
Move-Ment Dance School hosting dance workshop in Burgau
Move-Ment Dance School is hosting its first dance workshop from July 28 to August 8 in Burgau. The workshop will consist of the Princess Dance Camp for children aged 4-6
Tragic Sunday: three die in two separate drowning incidents
Three men aged between 18 and 32 died on Sunday, July 13 in two separate river drowning incidents in Portugal. The first incident involved one death in the mouth of
Anti-tolls ‘slow march’ kick-starts summer protests
A small group of anti-tolls protesters took to the EN125 last Saturday (July 12) for the first of a new round of demonstrations against the A22 tolls. The protest, which
Algarve and Madeira beaches among top 10 summer destinations
Portugal, and the Algarve in particularly, continue to attract international recognition. Online travel agency eDreams recently listed the beaches in Faro and Funchal (Madeira Island) in the top-10 most sought-after
McCanns give evidence but libel trial postponed yet again
In Lisbon this week for their libel action against former lead detective Gonçalo Amaral, Kate and Gerry McCann passionately denounced his controversial book, A Verdade da Mentira (The Truth of
Fears cloud return-to-the-wild of Iberian Lynx
The much-publicised Portuguese breeding programme designed to help save the Iberian Lynx – the world’s most endangered feline – from extinction is poised to release eight big cats into the
Weekend weather: summer’s here (about time too)!
Is summer here to stay? Well, it seems this weekend may well mark the beginning of summer as we, in Portugal, know it! Temperatures will be summer-like, ranging between 29ºC
Two Portuguese men killed on construction site near Guarda
Two Portuguese men working on a construction site near Guarda were killed on Monday when a wall made of large blocks of granite collapsed on them. The victims, Carlos Alecrim,