Annual backpack drive for schoolchildren
Castelo de Sonhos charity is once again appealing for assistance to ensure that children who often “do without” will have a backpack and gym bag to return to school. This
Clampdown on tourism businesses
Throughout the months of June and July, Portugal’s economy and food safety standards authority ASAE conducted 809 inspections to tourism-related establishments, leading to 243 people fined, two arrested and some
EU a priority in USA’s spy programme
Information concerning the European Union was one of the priorities of the USA’s spying programme, according to the German magazine Der Spiegel, which cites alleged documents provided by former National
Fado concerts
Portugal’s traditional Fado music can be heard every Wednesday night until September 4 in Tavira. The new generation of Fado singers will be performing at 10pm in the city’s Coreto
Historic centre facelift to boost business
Major improvement work to make the historic centre of Vila Real de Santo António more appealing to shoppers, residents and visitors is being carried out at a cost of €1.5
New sports
Lagoa Câmara has spent in excess of €40,000 on equipping the Jacinto Correia municipal sports pavilion with a new interchangeable playing surface. The facility, which was inaugurated in 1989, has
Nursing home
Lagoa Câmara is making an additional €500,000 available to help with the completion of a nursing home being built in Ferragudo. The municipal authority said the installation of additional equipment,
Parachutists home
A property has been offered to the Algarve’s parachutist association by Lagoa’s municipal authority and will serve as the 10-year-old organisation’s headquarters. The decision was fuelled by the municipality’s objective