Big fight
The Monte Gordo Casino is the venue for the biggest boxing match the Algarve has seen for decades tonight (Friday). That top billing goes to the ten-round Portuguese 63,5kg title
Green light for wind farm
By ELOISE WALTON eloise.walton@mmspublishing.com A renewable energy project that will see the installation of a further 29 wind turbines in the Tavira council has been shown the green light by
Wind and surf
Faro Club Naval’s Maria Pinheiro de Melo finished in fifth place in the Blythe Class at the European Sailing Championships in Italy to guarantee her place at the 2010 Youth
To the fore
The Oceânico Group has issued invitations for its second World Kids Golf Championship 2010 following this year’s inaugural event success. Aspiring young players between the ages of seven and 18
Avatar out in cinemas this week
Avatar takes the audience to a spectacular world beyond imagination, where a reluctant hero embarks on an epic adventure, ultimately fighting to save the alien world he has learned to
Portugal lashed by storms
Intense rain and high winds in the north of Portugal on Sunday caused flooding on roads, trees and telephone lines to come down, landslides and swollen rivers. Various accidents were
Battery plant
A lithium-ion battery manufacturing plant is due to be built at the Renault CACIA industrial complex in Aveiro, north of Lisbon. Construction of the plant will start in 2010 and
British royal builds holiday home in Portugal
By ELOISE WALTON eloise.walton@mmspublishing.com Zara Phillips, daughter of The Princess Royal, Princess Anne is due to have a holiday home built on a plot of land that she has bought
Costly gas
Piped natural gas prices could rise in the New Year in councils that decide to apply taxes to gas companies for the use of the land where the pipelines are
British woman faces charges after complaint
By ELOISE WALTON eloise.walton@mmspublishing.com A British woman is facing criminal charges after making a complaint against a Lagos-based lawyer to the national regulatory body. According to a statement from human

