Algarve

Crimes of burglary in the Algarve have decreased by 9% in the first six months of the year, in comparison with the same period last year, recorded the GNR. Quoting

Concerns that 65% of staff at regional tourism boards in Portugal will lose their jobs, following proposed changes to the policies and statutes governing the entities, have led to a

Promoting the best of the region’s crafts, the eighth Feira dos Ofícios is taking place between August 8 and 16 at Jardim das Palmeiras in Tavira. Part of the council’s

After five years on the run from UK authorities over an alleged multimillion-Pound cocaine smuggling plot, Lee Dryden was arrested by the Polícia Judiciária in Olhão last month. The 49-year-old

Marking 10 years since the first didgeridoo festival in Portugal, Sítio das Fontes in Estombar is hosting the Didgeridoo Festival – FATT 2012 from August 9 to 11. Named DreamTime,

Multimillion tourist resort threatens to destroy unique coastal lagoon By INÊS LOPES ines.lopes@algarveresident.com Dozens of residents of various nationalities were led by members of the Partido da Terra (MPT) political

A youth employment incentives programme, introduced by the government recently, will bear little fruit in the Algarve, said the president of the association of hotels and tourist resorts in the

Finnish punk pop band The Blush will be holding three gigs in the Algarve in August and September. Three of the four members of the band will be flying to

Algarve’s overall occupancy level during July was 78.5%, down slightly in comparison to the same month in 2011 (78.7%), according to data accumulated by AHETA, the region’s hotels and tourist

More than 1.5 tonnes of hashish was seized by the authorities aboard a boat on the Guadiana River on July 27 during a joint operation by the Polícia Judiciária South