Algarve

Members of the Algarve Wednesday Walkers (AWW) have appointed St. Vincent as the patron saint of their walking group and to mark St Vincent’s day on January 22 they visited

Everton are to sign 17-year-old English defender Eric Dier on loan from Sporting Lisbon, the Portuguese club has announced. The Barclays Premier League outfit have not confirmed the deal but

Two Irish women were robbed and threatened with rape unless they divulged their credit card pin numbers. The incident took place at their apartment in Vilamoura at around 6am on

Algarve independent radio station Kiss Fm is under new ownership, with previous owner Paul Buick handing over the reins to the Grupo Global Difusion. Kiss FM first went on air

Robert Scott Levitt was announced as the new Grand Inspector of the Group of Lodges in Portugal at a meeting of the Britannia Masters Lodge held at the Hotel Lido

A three-star hotel is to be built near Faro Airport by Portuguese holding company Tavfer. At a ceremony attended by Faro Mayor Macário Correia, Tavfer project manager Tavares Fernando Pereira

Algarve Food Bank (Banco Alimentar Contra a Fome do Algarve – BA) may soon have a new warehouse in Portimão. Portimão Municipality has decided to help the BA by giving the institution

Special police patrol cars that keep an eye on schoolchildren have been withdrawn because the vehicles have no insurance. PSP police in Faro ordered the Escola Segura (Safe School) cars

Four Algarve Resident readers helped in a rescue of two fishermen on January 21 after they called the emergency services when they saw an upturned boat off the coast between