Algarve beaches receive 59 Blue Flags this year
THE ALGARVE is the region of Portugal to be awarded the most blue flags this year, in recognition of the quality of its beaches and marinas. According to the Associação
Americans in Portugal hold Cascais lunch
CASCAIS CULTURAL Centre was the stage for another Americans in Portugal lunch last week, hosted by the organisation’s directors, Don David Price and Patricia Westheimer. The guest of honour at
Bailiff blunder
PORTUGAL’S MINISTRY of Finance can now seize goods, money and property from tax-payers owing them money, without prior consent. However, the new regime, whereby bailiffs can be sent in to
Big Apple’s water world
A FAMILY-THEMED water park is due to open in central New York, in summer 2007. The park will be located on Randalls Island, at the juncture of the East and
Brazmaq
SITUATED AT the back of São Brás de Alportel, Brazmaq offers an extremely wide range of services in the areas of machinery, transport and storage. Brazmaq, named after São Brás
Child free cruising
TRAVEL COMPANY Thomson is launching a childfree cruising experience, offering some of the cruises on its less mainstream routes to adults only from next year. Their ship, The Calypso, which
Controversy over plans for rehabilitation centre in Tunes
RESIDENTS IN Tunes are outraged that an English couple are planning to convert a 1,500sqm plot of land in the area, to a rehabilitation clinic called the Nova Vida Recovery
Correction
The Resident would like to apologise for an error in last week’s issue, within the article entitled Brit Fair draws crowds at NATO base. The event’s organiser was Royal Navy
Crowds fill Fátima, in memory of John Paul II
REPORTS ESTIMATE that anywhere between 250,000 and 400,000 people visited Fátima in central Portugal, last Saturday, to mark the anniversary of the reported first apparition of the Virgin Mary to
CUPS GALORE!
Uefa Cup final: So near, yet so far STEVE MCCLAREN’S intended last hurrah in Eindhoven turned sour, as Middlesbrough’s tremendous European run finally came to an emphatic end. Having staged