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26. The International School of the Algarve 35th year celebrations
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This month the International School of the Algarve is celebrating the 35th anniversary of its foundation. As part of the festivities, thirty talented singers from the School will be joined by fifteen

27. Drumming all over the Algarve
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The Orquestra Tocá Rufar is an artistic and socio-cultural project in the field of music founded in 1996 and based in Seixal. From this group, a team has now come into existence that is setting

28. Classic Golf Holidays: The Algarve
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The Algarve, in Southern Portugal, with its year-round sunshine, miles of golden sand beaches, and picturesque villages, has become one of Europe´s most popular golfing destinations. But while t

29. New luxury project for Algarve
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PRIME Minister José Sócrates spent two days in the Algarve with various ministers at the weekend to announce various investments in tourism, health and professional education and to visi

30. Five-star times two within five years
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In Vilamoura on Tuesday, the Minister of the Economy restated the government’s intention to double the number of five-star hotels in the region over the next five years and said that by August a

31. Albufeira transformed by magic
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“Please sign this card. That’s right. Now put it here in the middle of the pack. Right I’ll snap my fingers and there you are, it’s on top. Isn’t it?…. Well, go an

32. Sports complex ready for inauguration
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Excitement is building among Lagos residents in the run up to the inauguration of the town’s new sports complex Complexo Desportivo de Lagos - Pavilhão Municipal, due to take place on S

33. “Shop of the World” opens in Faro
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The first fair trade shop in the Algarve has opened in the Jardim da Alameda. A great place for a relaxing stroll, and also for buying coffee, tea, infusions, biscuits, cocoa, honey, rice … a

34. Tree Parade kicks off in the Algarve
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There will be a competition to get schools to paint trees made of PVC to be displayed in the Terreiro do Paço in Lisbon. The idea is to repeat the success of the Cow Parade, which travelled a

35. Learn to fly
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...agliding and learning to paraglide have become easier in the Algarve. Inatel has linked up with a private school called “Wind” to teach all those who are interested over the age of 12. ...

36. Algarve aerodrome to create jobs
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The creation of direct and indirect employment and the development of the flying school, attracting “apprentice pilots” from countries with harsh autumns and winters, are the justificati

37. Orquestra do Algarve makes historic visit
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Orquestra do Algarve made history last Wednesday by being the first orchestra ever to give a concert at the Assembleia da República Parliament building) in Lisbon. The concert was organised f

38. Swim for Shoes returns
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The sucessfull festive Swim for Shoes held in 2005 is being repeated this year, offering people the opportunity to take a dip in the Alantic Ocean and help raise money for children in care in the Alga

39. Portuguese courses in Lagos
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Enrolment into Portuguese courses at four fluency levels is now open to anyone wishing to learn or improve their linguistic skills at the Centro de Línguas de Lagos. Each group course is compos

40. Orchestra of the Algarve contracts new Maestro
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... concluded the Higher Course of Piano in Paris and gained a Masters in Orchestra Direction in the Higher School of Music of Wurzburg, in Germany. ...

41. Algarve is synonymous with safety for foreign tourists
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... the III Jornadas de Segurança, organised by the PSP. A questionnaire, carried out by the Higher School of Hotel Management and Tourism of the University of the Algarve, was given to 1262 f...

42. Wine-tasting course in the Algarve
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...in Faro on 9th, 16th and 30th September. This initiative counts on the support of the Hotel and Tourism School of the Algarve (EHTA) and the collaboration of Orlando Iglésias, a renowned oen...

43. Albufeira Swimming Pools re-open to public on Monday 4th September
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The Municipal Swimming Pools of Albufeira will only open to the public on Monday 4th September, although the administrators had already indicated on Friday a new season of functioning. For thetime b

44. Manjares Serranos to arrive at Cortelha
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Another edition of the Manjares Serranos is to take place in the multisports complex of Cortelha on 5th and 6th August. This is the sixth year of an event which features traditional mountain special

45. International school to open in Eastern Algarve
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Welcome news for the eastern Algarve as a new international school is to be opened in one of its most picturesque and relaxed areas. For those with children, the area has presented one significant

46. FICA 2006 – 34th Algarve International Film Festival
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...the “Short film competitive section”, and is complemented by the informative sections “School goes to the cinema”, “Cinema for senior citizens” and “Other p...

47. RTA promote a cleaner Algarve
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The Região de Turismo do Algarve (RTA) will promote from the month of May a collection of activities to raise environmental and civic awareness as part of the campaign "Algarve with more

48. Algarve?s C?maras will spend 700 million euros in 2006
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IN 2006, the Algarve’s 16 borough councils will collectively spend a total of around 700 million euros. With the exception of the budget plans for the borough of Lagoa, for which agreement is

49. Almancil art gallery hosts school visit
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Pupils from the Castro Marim secondary school recently visited Espaço d’Arte Silva Guerreiro, an art gallery and cultural centre in Almancil. Algarvean sculptor Arlindo Arez hosted th

50. Sacred Art on exhibition
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"A invenção do Mundo - Arte Sacra do Sul de Portugal" ("The invention of the World - Sacred Art of the South of Portugal"), is the name of an exhibition that will b