Joaquim Fonseca It is a story we are hearing far too often these days with the current economic climate in Portugal. All it takes is a few interruptions in the cash flow for a small or medium size business to go under. The epilogue is always the same: seizing of assets. […] » On Friday, the Agência Portuguesa do Ambiente (APA) (Portuguese Environment Agency) halted the work on an illegal swimming pool construction on the cliffs, at the Praia Salema, Vila do Bispo. The situation had already been reported by locals to our […] » The news paper «Der Standart», in their lifestyle section, recently published a photo-report entitled «Eine-schoene-Dosis-Fisch», (A good portion of fish), displaying a number of photographs about the latest Portuguese canned fish fad, restoring […] » After travelling through Portugal, Lygia Clark’s, itinerant exhibition « Caminhando, em busca do próprio caminho» (walking, in search of our own path) will be in Lagos on the 29th and 30th of June, in the Praça do Infante and in the Jardim da Constituição. […] » The plan LARA - which is helping the population of São Brás de Alportel affected by last years raging fires, is organising a photo competition entitled «Renascer da Serra» (Rebirth of the mountains). The competition is open to everybody and the objective […] »Helimage The Algarve now has a drone - a remote controlled helicopter - capable of filming and taking photographs in full HD quality, for multitude of uses including: cinema productions, construction work and surveyor’s inspections, publicity videos, and […] » The Hospital Particular do Algarve is opening a new clinic in Vilamoura, with 26 different specialists and a pharmaceutical service. During the “Open Day”, which will take place on the weekend of the 15th and 16th of June, in the newly constructed […] » The management of the Hotel Tivoli Marina Vilamoura continues its retrograde and undemocratic stance on the withdrawal of rights and the strong attack on the working and living conditions of the workers in the technical services section”, denounces […] » The amount of fish traded at the Tavira auction soared 281% in the first quarter of this year compared with the same period last year, according to Datapescas’ newsletter, (DGRM). The large increase is the result from the fishing community, particularly […] » Tourist defence is the main objective of the program “Algarve Destino Seguro”, (Safe Destination Algarve) the responsibility of the PSP, in collaboration with the university of the region and the Entidade Regional de Turismo. The authorities want […] »Alberto Henriques One day as we casually passed by a shop window in downtown Faro, we noticed two very exquisite bicycles. The only visible trademark is the talent of the one who created them from scratch. We went into the shop to find out more, and of course we were […] »Playmobile in Portimão Ricardo “Ekofive” Jorge, 37, artist, designer and graffiti pioneer in Portugal, has a new ‘Street Art’ project in Portimão. The plan is to paint all the different faces from the Playmobil figures onto the cement bollards. The idea has the official […] » The Loulé Council shows its solidarity towards residents in Alte and Boliqueime regarding the decision of the post offices (CTT), by closing and privatizing the post offices in those villages. “It is a public service which is greatly needed and of […] »Faro is the first council in the Algarve to provide two taxis for the mobility impaired, which will continually connect the city to the Airport. The process was first started in July of 2011. At that time the Council asked various taxis businesses […] » The Salgados Grande Hotel and the Salgados Dunas Suites, in the Municipality of Albufeira, are to reopen on the 1st of June. Both are 5 star hotels and are in the area of Praia dos Salgados and the Reserva Natural. (Nature Parque). Another novelty […] » After the great Berlengas expedition of 2012, this year the Algarve coastline was chosen to partake in one of the largest surveys ever of marine life along the Portuguese coastline. This mission to find these bio-diverse treasures will take place […] »Celina da Piedade Celina da Piedade, 35, is an accordionist, singer and composer. The daughter of an Algarvean father, she started to study music at 5 years of age, and shortly afterwards gave public performances. In the year 2000 she started to play with Rodrigo […] » A degree course in Occupational Therapy was approved for the School of Health Jean Piaget / Algarve (Silves) for the academic year 2013/2014. Qualified staff, excellent school conditions and the experience accumulated in health teaching, were decisive […] » The Portimão Shotokan Karate Association, in a press release reports, that it has ceased to carry its activity in the school, Nuno Mergulhão, by order of the Portimão council. This association was active in this space for about 4/5 years, and for […] » The “Quinta Moínho”, a luxury mansion located a few kilometres from the village of Estói, in the municipality of Faro, has recently seen a bustle of people going in and out. People thought it was going to be the set for adult films. It was in fact, […] » The Odiana – Associação para o Desenvolvimento do Baixo Guadiana- since April, has been doing the maintenance of its footpaths. The aim is to encourage hiking. Thus, the damaged signs or barely visible, fallen or broken boards, damage from storms, […] »Algarve Early one morning at the airport, a transfer arrived with the baggage compartment full of luggage, bags and… a person in a wheel chair! As if was luggage. A recently opened hotel reserved the less interesting rooms, without a veranda for the guest […] » MP Mendes Bota (PSD) questioned the government on acts committed by the company ANA at Faro Airport, which depicts “situations of the abuse of power, oppression and coercion towards forty or so small Algarve rent-a-car” companies. Bota wants to define […] » The creation of two brigades to reinforce the initial attack on fires in the Algarve, with 28 fire-fighters and eight vehicles, is one of the latest devices for the region this year. In July of last year, twenty-four thousand hectares burned uncontrollably […] » Paulo Neves, the Socialist Party’s candidate for Faro, is already involved in his campaign. In a press release, he accuses the government PSD / CDS-PP of “turning its back on the Algarve”. Neves refers to “the reviewing of contracts with concessionaires, […] » |  Her name is Ângela Rita, and she is a 29 year old from Olhão who suffers from diabetes. Her illness has worsened considerably and has got to the point where her sight is now at risk. The solution is an operation costing around 9000€, a vitrectomy, […] » His name is Robert Hizee, “the hypnotist”, he comes from Sidcup (Bexley) in the UK and next Monday, 17th of July, he will be in the Algarve for a show at The Fat Cat’s Bar, from 10pm in Albufeira. “I’m over to make a name for myself as a stage hypnotist […] » Last Friday, 7th June, the right-wing parties denied a measure presented to the Assembleia da República, (Portuguese Parliament)by the left wing to save what is left of the Museu da Cortiça, ( Musuem dedicated to cork) which at present is in the […] » A total of 21 new motorized environmental friendly buses and vehicles with better accessibility for those with reduced mobility are the latest innovation recently presented by Faro Council and the company, EVA Transportes. A new minibus circuit has […] » Both human animals and non-human animals are gifted with a nervous system, more or less developed, which allows them to feel and be conscious of their environment and to be able to distinguish what is pleasurable, dangerous, aggressive and painful. […] »VR, Edition 781 (13 Jun 2013),  No CommentsFernando Pinheiro Artist Fernando Pinheiro opens his exhibition Saturday, 13th of July in the Convento de Santo António, in Loulé, an exhibition with the curatorship of Nuno Faria, and video by Masako Hosono. The painter, who lives in the Algarve, and between Paris […] » Registrations are now open (limited to 70 participants) at Transgharb (TG) 2013. It is an adventure contest open to anybody over 18 years old, male or female and of any nationality. Consisting of 7 phases along an obligatory course in the Algarve […] » The Algarve Pro Racing Team, founded in 2011, located in Guia, Albufeira, began competing last weekend at Spa-Francorchamps, shortly after the official presentation, with all the ‘staff’ and the racing cars at the Sheraton Algarve. The team manager […] » Raising public awareness for any possible new constructions on an already overcrowded Meia-Praia, is the motto of a new campaign driven by the newly founded Asmaa (Algarve Surf and Marine Activities Association)in Lagos. The campaign is entitled […] » In the light of the exhibition commemorating 40 years of the weekly Expresso, this week in Faro, the “Jornal do Algarve” published an interview with the founder and boss of the group ‘Impresa’. About the region, Francisco Pinto Balsemão highlights […] »«Laranjas Baguinho» One cup costs one euro. It has approximately 35/40 ml of freshly squeezed orange juice, free from additives or artificial flavourings. The idea seems too simple to be a success, but the fact is, that this is the busiest arrange stall on the EN 125 […] » A company is to advance with the mining of gold and silver in Alcoutim and Castro Marim, near the Rio Guadiana, in an area of 576 km² . According to a public notice in the «Diário da República», the company Bolt Resources PTY obtained the rights […] » The closure of the post office in Praia da Rocha has caused great controversy and revolt on the social networks. The Parish Council of Portimão has already displayed its “total disagreement” in relation to this news. Such a measure “undermines the […] » Next Saturday, 8th of June, between 6pm and 8pm, the supporters of the campaign “Deixem-nos Respirar” (Let us Breath) will meet at Quinta do Vales, in Estômbar. This movement was created to gather small and medium businesses together to combat the […] » Pedro Roque, Secretary of State for Employment and Adolfo Mesquita Nunes, Secretary of State for Tourism, were greeted in Faro, last Monday 27th May, by about 15 protesters who shouted anti government slogans, and brandished banners pertaining to […] »Gower Salt Marsh Lamb Imagine marshlands as far as the eye can see – almost 4000 acres of grazing land for 1 200 sheep. They are born there and during most of their lives, graze on a unique diet of marsh grasses, samphire, sorrel, sea lavender and thrift found growing […] » Colégio International de Vilamoura (CIV) has chosen the 31st of May to pay tribute to the person who led the school, as pedagogical director, for over 25 years. This private institution intends to celebrate this date on the day in which Renato Costa […] » It is called “Animágia Events” and opened doors to the public in the Algarve last weekend, in Aljezur. This is new company and it intends to dedicate much of their work towards children and young people with the conception of an Educational Activities […] » The third ship of the Ocean Revival project, from the «Hermenegildo Capelo» fleet will be sunk off the coast of Portimão on the 15th of June. To the two ships that sank to the bottom in October, t have already had over 2500 divers visit them, despite […] » The number of distilleries of arbutus brandy legalized in the municipality of Monchique has more than doubled in the last six years. Currently, there are 75 distilleries in operation, producing about 20,000 litres of spirits per year. Legalization […] »FIESA 2013 The International Sand Sculpture Festival (FIESA) is almost ready, and will be opening its doors to the public on Saturday 25th May, from 10am. Construction of the festival started on the 30th of April and will be open to the public until the 25th […] »Alexander Rathenau Portugal’s Constitutional Court recently noted that several points of the State Budget for the calendar year of 2013 are unconstitutional. This court decides only on the cases submitted to it.
The only ones who have the right to apply to the Constitutional […] » Night watchmen in Algarve, and all over the country and Madeira from this week on, now have a device on their Mobile phones which allows them to help solve the common problems often arising in their professions. These professionals often detect […] » The Solar Energy demonstration platform in Martim Longo, Alcoutim, should produce four megawatts of PV solar energy by the end of year through three companies, the promoting association reports. The platform provides space for photovoltaic solar […] » |
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