People seeking a secure lifestyle and a safe investment should take a look at an exciting new opportunity in the Western Algarve. The International Retirement Club is a unique apartment complex being developed in Lagos, situated at the end of the main Avenida, facing the Marina. The apartments aim to offer a complete, new way of life for its residents.

The President of the Metropolitan Council of the Algarve (AMAL), Macário Correia, today, 11th October, met with the Minister of Health, Correia de Campos, in Lisbon, with the objective of defining the strategy for the launch of the Central Hospital of the Algarve and of its respective calendar.

The Dutch sculptor Jits Bakker is to offer his work "Crucifix" to the Municipal Council of Loulé, in thanks for the "recognition" given to his work over the years by the local authority. The ceremony will take place on Friday 13th at 18.00hrs, in the Paços do Concelho. The sculpture will be handed over by the Rector of the University of Utrecht (Holland), Willem Gispen.

To commemorate the hundredth anniversary of the birth of Samuel Beckett, the Olga Roriz Company brings us “Daqui em Diante”, inspired by the brilliant text “Worstward Ho” by the same writer. Individuals characterised by solitude and emptiness, subtle humour, sadness, tenderness and the cruel beauty of reality, these are the elements in this search for a place, the same ones that awake the desire not to miss this production.

Come and travel with us to times past and see how the people of Lagos lived, thought and entertained themselves in the 12th and 13th centuries. The Lagos Municipal Council, the Municipal Discoveries Committee and the Municipal Tourism Committee help you to embark on this journey, by keeping alive the traces of the past, and the culture and flavours of the city, in the fourth staging of this Festival of the Discoveries.

Faro atrium, the new shopping centre and cinema complex due to open in Rua de Santo António in downtown Faro, is expected to open by the end of this year, if all goes to plan. There has been some confusion surrounding the opening of Faro Atrium as, according to the President of Faro Câmara, José Apolinário, the centre was scheduled to open in September this year.