Striving for a sustainable Algarve
By: Natasha Smith natasha@portugalresident.com A MISSION to reach a better understanding of the market and the community seems to be what is most needed in the Algarve at the moment.
World Rally Championship returns to Portugal
THE FIRST Portuguese round of the World Rally Championship (WRC) was in 1973 and, for the next 29 years, the event went on to become one of the most difficult
Algarve best golf destination in world
THE ALGARVE has been named ‘Best Golf Destination in the World’ by Rheingolf magazine, the leading golf magazine in Germany’s Rhineland region. The announcement was made at the Rheingolf exhibition
Resounding no to pylons
By: Ruth Sharpe and Natasha Smith natasha@portugalresident.com MORE THAN 100 Silves residents held a protest last Sunday, opposing the installation of electricity pylons due to be constructed in the Vale
Sócrates strides out
PRIME MINISTER José Sócrates ran in the 17th edition of the EDP Lisbon Half-Marathon last Sunday, with around 38,000 other runners. Robert Kipchumba from Kenya won the men’s race in
You cannot afford to miss the next TGIF lunch
Business and private insurance cover – what you should have and what you must have (as well as the service you should expect) is the topic of the next TGIF
An Austrian extravaganza
Following the success of Birgit Wegemann’s first opera dinner at the Sheraton Algarve Hotel at the Pine Cliffs resort in Albufeira, a second is due to take place on Friday,
Birth rate falls again
PORTUGAL’S BIRTH rate fell in 2006, with over 3,000 less babies being born than in the previous year. Last year, the number of Guthrie tests, a routine exam for newborn
Charity presentation
THE ST. Patrick’s Society of the Algarve’s annual dinner was attended by 180 guests, including Irish Ambassador, James Brennan, at the Vila Petra Hotel in Albufeira last Saturday. Retiring Chairman,
Classical fun
The next classical music concert to take place at the São Brás Museum will be held on April 14.