Widespread criticism over Algarve’s development plan
By NATASHA SMITH natasha@portugalresident.com Loulé and Faro Câmaras have criticised revisions of the Plano de Ordenamento do Território do Algarve (PROTAL), the master planning document for the Algarve region, for
Yobbish behaviour
Yobbish behaviour Dear Editor, My partner and I have just moved to the Algarve from England and, despite the weather being very similar to the west Yorkshire we left three
A Christmas delivery for Omega Parque
A RARE spotted deer was born on November 19, at Omega Parque in Monchique, the only zoological institution in the world exclusively dedicated to the conservation of highly threatened wild
A historical ramble through Anglo-Welsh History
The next meeting of the Association Arqueologica do Algarve (AAA) will be held on Tuesday, December 5, at the Biblioteque Municipal in Loulé, at 2.30pm and the Convento de São
A scientific approach
Over the next three articles I will take a slightly different approach to our play golf series, this is in response to the many requests that I have had asking
Aljezur residents demand alternative road
SEVEN HUNDRED residents in Aljezur have signed a petition to Mário Lino, Minister for Public Buildings, Transport and Communications requesting an alternative road to the EN120. Due to an increase
Banks to pay more Corporation Tax
A LEADING company and management association has applauded government measures to induce the banking sector in Portugal into paying more corporation tax (IRC). A large majority, 62 per cent, of
Be cool in Vegas
THE DESERT may not be the most obvious place to plan a spot of ice skating, but this week, the Lake Las Vegas Resort, an extravagant complex comprising a 320-acre
Beware of firms offering free surveys
The Resident has received warnings about a company operating in the Algarve that offers damp proofing and fire protection surveys. Two of the names which the firm uses are Nationwide
Call for more investment for the interior
RURAL GEOLOGY specialists are calling for more funds for national programmes aimed at stemming the tide of people abandoning Portugal’s interior. The aim is to attract communities back into the