Airport plans for increase in passengers
FARO AIRPORT’S terminal and general area are to be expanded to cope with an expected doubling in passenger numbers over the next 40 years. A management plan has been unveiled
Capital’s troubled leader
THE PRESIDENT of Lisbon Câmara, Carmona Rodrigues, has said he was prepared to stand as a candidate in the Lisbon municipal elections in 2009. Speaking on Portuguese television station RTP
Cash machine stolen
A CASH machine containing thousands of euros was stolen from a supermarket in northern Portugal earlier this week. Lidl supermarket in the village of Darque, Viana do Castelo, near Braga,
Charity cheese
A GROUP of fund raisers in Tavira will be holding a charity cheese and wine evening, followed by a quiz on Friday, March 23 at Casa de Povo, near Tavira
Charity golf event
BENAMOR GOLF club is to host another charity event for the Oncology Association of the Algarve. Following the success of the first event in aid of the charity last December,
Distillers fight for licences
By: Natasha Smith natasha@portugalresident.com DISTILLERS ARE fighting to save the future of the Algarve medronho industry from bureaucratic red tape, with efforts focused on ways of legally producing the potent
Environmental superman
By: Natasha Smith natasha@portugalresident.com WITH GROWING concerns about the human impact on the environment in Portugal, conservation associations have stepped up to fight for the land. The Resident spoke with
Free screening at pharmacies
FREE SCREENING for Osteoporosis is being offered in the Algarve this month as part of a national campaign in pharmacies throughout the country. The free sessions will be held at
Golf goes Dutch
IF YOU want to celebrate Koninginnedag, Queen’s Day in Holland, in a special way, then head on down to Castro Marim Golf and Country Club on April 30. The golf
Homage to lyrical opera
Ernest Rombout and Erika Waardenburg will be playing music by Donizetti, Rossini, Verdi, Ponchielli, Tessarini, Tedeschi, and Pasculli in the Old Gallery of the Museum in São Brás on Saturday,