TV networks, national press, politicians and military and religious leaders joined thousands of local people to attend the opening of the Estádio do Algarve last Sunday...

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Winter storms and heavy rain flooded houses and forced 13 people in the Portimão area to evacuate their homes this week...

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Last weekend AFPOP played host to the biggest and best Better Living in Portugal exhibition yet...

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Last weekend, two voluntary bombeiros and one PSP policeman lost their lives on the Algarve’s roads, raising the number of fatalities on the region’s roads over that weekend to six...

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Despite the official start of construction work on the new Faro municipal theatre, now scheduled to be built by the end of 2004, the Minister of Culture, Pedro Roseta, has refused to confirm that the city will be Portugal’s cultural capital in 2005...

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A case of meningitis is worrying the population of São Brás de Alportel, and in particular, students at the José Belchior Viegas secondary school, where the patient studies...

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A 24-hour strike held last Friday left Portugal short of staff in schools, health centres and hospitals as workers stopped work to demand that the government raise their wages for next year...

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António Jorge Figueiredo Lopes, Minister of Internal Administration, recently visited the Algarve in order to officially donate a helicopter to Loulé...

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A 24-hour strike held last Friday left Portugal short of staff in schools, health centres and hospitals as workers stopped work to demand that the government raise their wages for next year...

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Police have detained a suspect after three men kidnapped a 26-year-old parking ‘arrumador’ in Portimão, forcing him into their vehicle and attacking him in an attempt to recover drug debts...

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The second John Aldridge Celebrity Charity Golf Classic was held at Boavista Golf in Lagos recently...

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A new campaign was launched recently in Lisbon, designed to persuade dog owners to clean up after their furry friends in public streets...

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Three security guards from Albufeira’s Kiss Disco are standing trial, accused of a brutal attack on a British lawyer three years ago...

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In the spirit of the festive season, Vale do Lobo Shopping, located in the heart of Vale do Lobo luxury golf and beach resort, is due to host two very special Christmas evenings on December 5 and 12, from 6pm to 9pm...

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According to reports, the Algarvean orange industry is in difficulties and orange farmers are outraged that the government doesn’t appear to be interested in their plight...

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Several cars were broken into within the space of 12 hours in the centre of Portimão recently...

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Despite the odds against it, local business associations, property owners and resort complexes are continuing to put pressure on the government to alter the punitive new offshore company legislation...

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With a showroom featuring a range of beautiful kitchens, all differing greatly in style and colour and designed with notable attention to detail, Elite Kitchens certainly lives up to its name...

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The Thank God It’s Friday Club, run by a group of golfing friends from Carvoeiro Golf & Country Club, has raised 3,500 euros for their adopted charity, the Bom Samaritano Children’s Home in Alvor, through their regular Friday afternoon golf competitions...

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Not everyone would immediately link pottery and wine, but a recent WineMine tasting session in Porches Pottery on the EN125 combined the two and was a resounding success...

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Already known for its wonderful authentic colonial furniture, the Zambezi Gallery in Lagos is holding its Christmas party on December 5 at 7pm...

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Get into the ‘spirit of Christmas’ at the Network Christmas Fair on Tuesday Dec 2 at the Hotel Garbe...

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