UK interest rates rise again…
By: BILL BLEVINS Financial Correspondent, Blevins Franks blevins@portugalresident.com NOT TOO long ago a hot topic at UK dinner parties was property prices. Today it is interest rates and there is
Algarve is hot spot for British
By: NATASHA SMITH natasha@portugalresident.com RECENT FIGURES from Faro Airport and the Algarve’s hotel and resort association, AHETA, indicate that British tourists are flocking to the Algarve more than ever. Last
Algarve naturism activities
CLUBE NATURISTA do Algarve (naturist club of the Algarve) celebrated its fourth birthday on July 14 with a day at Figueira beach followed by dinner in Vila do Bispo. The
Ambitious franchise plan
THE SPANISH real estate group donpiso is to begin an ambitious plan to open 156 offices in Portugal over the next 10 years. This month, offices will be opened in
Beach parties
PRAIA DA Rocha, Portimão, will be the venue for the Sasha Summer Sessions parties each night from tonight (July 27) to August 20 and will include music, fashion and television.
Boat exhibition
A TRADITIONAL boat exhibition will take place in Vila Real de Santo António until August 2. Replicas of boats which were sailed up and down the Guadiana river until the
Drug arrests
PORTIMÃO PSP arrested three people for suspected drug trafficking and confiscated a large quantity of hashish last Tuesday (July 17). Police officers descended on Jardim Visconde Bívar and the riverside
Easier IT access
THE PORTUGUESE Government began the process of delivering 5,000 computers to 18 districts in Portugal at the weekend. The initiative followed the creation of a fund to enable more Portuguese
Environmental concern
A DEBATE took place last Friday (July 20) to discuss climate change in the Baixa Guadiana, the lower part of the river which borders the Algarve and southern Spain. Possible
Explosion kills GNR
A GNR sergeant was killed and four soldiers seriously wounded when deactivating explosive materials on the firing range of São Marcos in Tavira on July 19. Sergeant João Maroco, a