Hit and miss in Brazil
Portuguese tennis No1 and current world No68 Rui Machado made a great start to the ATP Challenger Tour Finals which took place in Sao Paulo last weekend. The 27-year-old from
Tasting the wines of Quinta da Chocapalha
Members of the Algarve Wine Society and guests attended a tasting and dinner at Quinta dos Poetas, a country hotel outside Pechão near Estoi. Wines were supplied by Quinta da
Iceland is a success
By Sophie McCarrick sophie.mccarrick@theresidentgroup.com Thirteen additional members of staff have had to be recruited by supermarket Iceland for its newly-opened Algarve store following what manager Sam Gabriel described as “the
The Algarve’s social community appeal
In a series of articles about integration within the Algarve we have looked at how people from a wide variety of backgrounds work and live with each other here. This
BLiP visitor wins laptop
Vilamoura resident Richard Jenkins recently collected his prize of a laptop computer from PC Centre Lagoa, after the store attended the Better Living in Portugal (BLiP) exhibition in October and
KING OF THE HILLS
Local driver Ricardo Teodosio emerged the surprise winner of the 40th Casinos do Algarve Rally in Monchique last weekend. His Mitsubishi EVO IV left better fancied rivals Pedro Meireles and
Troika praises Portugal’s austerity performance
The IMF/EU/ECB Troika has praised the success of Portugal’s cost-cutting programme and has approved the next tranche of €8 billion. Portugal applied for a €78 billion bailout package in April
Portuguese state radio and television to be reformed
by CHRIS GRAEME chris.graeme@theresidentgroup.com The Portuguese government says it can no longer support the costs of a hugely bloated and expensive public broadcasting service in its present form. In the