Two die in Parque da Floresta crash
A YOUNG couple from Vila Do Bispo were killed on the EN125 on Sunday evening after their motorcycle collided with a tractor travelling in the same direction. The accident took
Mariza brings Fado to Portimão this month
PORTUGAL’S MOST famous singer, Mariza, will be performing at Portimão Arena on January 13 in a unique concert presented by the Algarve Tourist Board (RTA) and Portimão Câmara. Following her
New president for the Algarve Tourism Association
DANIEL QUEIRÓS has been named as the new president of the Associação de Turismo do Algarve (ATA), Algarve Tourism Association. Following a unanimous vote by association members on December 20,
Charity of the Year submissions
AT THE request of some charitable organisations, The Resident – Algarve & Lisbon Edition has extended the deadline for receipt of applications for its 2007 Charity of the Year. Submissions
Pro-abortion internet site launched
The Movimento Liberal-Social, the social-liberal movement has created an internet site promoting the ‘yes’ vote for abortion to be made legal in Portugal, which goes to a nationwide referendum on
Algarve entrepreneur on trial
Sander van Gelder, former owner of the Vale do Lobo resort, and nine other men are due in court this month accused of trespassing on the premises of Palm Terrace,
Silver symphony on King’s Day
SILVER STRINGS Orchestra will be performing The Concert of Kings in the Pedro Ruivo Auditorium, in Faro, tomorrow night (January 6) from 9.30pm. Founded in 1918, the orchestra is one
Thieves filmed breaking into Loulé Modelo on boxing day
TWO HOODED individuals broke into Modelo supermarket in Loulé on Boxing Day morning, stealing thousands of euros worth of mobile phones and cameras. The robbers were caught on CCTV breaking
Violent attacks continue in east Algarve
By RUTH SHARPE ruth@portugalresident.com THREE FURTHER brutal and violent attacks have taken place in the days leading up to Christmas on expatriates living in Faro. Last week The Resident reported
Work to finally re-start on Lisbon’s Rossio tunnel
WORK ON Lisbon’s Rossio tunnel has begun afresh, according to the Rede Ferroviária Nacional (Refer), the Portuguese national railtrack company, the outsourced construction company Tecnasol is to carry out the