Hello Resident folks!
I suppose you were wondering why I had not contacted you … Well, I was expecting to receive a call from you to tell me it was a huge mistake!
Inflation fears finally force the European Bank into action
EUROZONE INTEREST rates had not changed for two-and-a-half years, they had not risen for five. But all that changed on December 1, when the European Central Bank (ECB) finally tightened
LET’S WALK
Monday 26 – Around Caldas de Monchique. From 10.30am. A moderately easy 2 hour circular walk along the river valley and through the countryside, with great views to the coast.
Medronho production hampered by fires
PRODUCTION OF aguardente de medronho, a liqueur made from the fruit of strawberry trees and one of the great traditions of the Algarvean hills, has been greatly damaged due to
Modern-day Santas
AS CAPTAIN Peter (Cain) reported on Kiss Fm Algarve, he recently returned from England, travelling from Newcastle airport, with a planeload of Santa Clauses. As proof, he took this photograph
Old folk enjoy outing to Vilamoura Marina
AROUND 500 old folk from the borough of Castro Marim recently enjoyed an outing to Vilamoura Marina, organised by the council in an effort to combat loneliness and isolation among the
Old Lisbon hospitals to be closed by 2009
THREE OF Lisbon’s oldest hospitals are to be closed and replaced with new, state-of-the-art hospitals. The unconfirmed information was leaked in a document from a Health Ministry source to Portugal’s
Politics v sport
Recent public statements by the President of Iran stating that the holocaust is a myth has prompted French MEP Daniel Cohn-Bendit to call for Iran’s exclusion from the 2006 World
Portugal wins after Blair’s Brussels compromise
PORTUGAL HAS emerged a substantial beneficiary from the new EU budget deal agreed by Britain, the current holders of the Commission’s rotating presidency, in an agreement that should boost future
Portugal’s first Million Dollar representative
NOVEMBER 19 saw “Million Dollar Hole-in-One” have its first hole-in-one winner in the Algarve, with Colin Mocock achieving this at Parque da Floresta Golf and Leisure resort. Colin Mocock from