Algarve

Dear Editor, I would like to say congratulations! I quite enjoyed your review of Brandymel and the Cristina Family (‘A tradition that remains in the Algarve region’ August 2007). It was very

Some 100 people gathered outside the Albufeira post office at Rua do Túnel on May 20 to protest against its possible closure. Protesters showed their indignation with posters in Portuguese

A walk organised by the Algarve Oncology Association (AOA) to raise awareness about skin cancer is to be held on May 28, starting at 6.30pm from Jardim Manuel Bívar in

A strange foreign woman has an entire town up in arms and it is up to the Mayor to sort it all out in The Mayor of Torontál by the

By DAISY SAMPSON daisy.sampson@theresidentgroup.com A new initiative aiming at uniting the foreign and Portuguese communities in the rural area of Messines has been created. Help, a foreign welcome group, was

Sagres luxury resort Martinhal Beach Resort & Hotel is supporting the Coração na Guiné (Heart in Guinea) project, a mission to help needy people in Guinea-Bissau. The resort has contributed

The Allgarve’11 website, which was not available even though this year’s events started on March 5, is now online. Details of all the sport, cuisine, contemporary art, music and street

By DAISY SAMPSON daisy.sampson@theresidentgroup.com British tourists and residents in the Algarve will soon be able to call on the services of British Consular staff in Albufeira with the opening of

Film producer BJ Boulter and Kristjan Knigge, director of the comedy film The Right Juice to be filmed in the Algarve in September, will be on the lookout for cast