Author: Portugal Resident

The Brigada de Trânsito of Faro GNR was given orders to stop a vehicle on the EN125 in the direction Loulé-Faro in Patação at 4.30am. When officers came across the

PORTUGUESE WATER dogs are being used as a therapy tool for mentally handicapped children and adolescents with poor attendance at school in the Algarve. The Ria Formosa Kennel, in Quinta

A FARO resident died on December 9 in the Hospital de São José in Lisbon after being injured in a fight between gangs in the centre of Faro. João Pedro

TEMPERATURES ACROSS the country continued to drop last week. Serra da Estrela, the main ski area in the country in central Portugal, experienced very low temperatures, but to the despair

By NATASHA SMITH natasha@portugalresident.com NEARLY 100 children turned out to train with the Irish international rugby union team at Browns Sports and Leisure Club last week. The team arrived in

The Algarve needs more crèches and kindergartens, according to Vieira da Silva, the Minister for Employment and Social Security. During da Silva’s visit to the Algarve for meetings and the

Statistics presented by José van der Kellen, the regional director of the Serviço Estrangeiros e Fronteiras (SEF), the office for foreign citizens and border control, show there to be 66,000

Members of the Junta da Freguesia of Praia da Luz, holding their annual Christmas dinner, were the first people to dine in the restaurant. Also attending was Lagos Câmara President,

CELEBRATIONS AT the Instituto D Francisco Gomes, the boys home in Faro, better known as Casa dos Rapazes, were a little different this year, as they invited four other orphanages