Algarve

Loulé Câmara will be distributing Christmas hampers this month to families in need in the council. A spokesman for the Câmara said: “The food supplies will provide a more dignified

A fund-raising gala for Faro-based children’s home, Refúgio Aboim Ascensão, held on November 26 at Casino Vilamoura, netted €42,000.  Among lots auctioned were paintings by Portuguese artists and football shirts autographed

Lagos Camâra will be making a cut of €400,000 in annual expenses on cleaning services because of the current financial crisis. At present, the municipality spends €1.2 million every year

An Algarve Civil Government road accident prevention campaign due to be held on November 27 was cancelled due to bad weather. The event,  which would offer law abiding drivers on

Algarve author and tourism consultant Jack Soifer will be launching two new books at FNAC tonight (Friday) at 9.30pm, with both books looking at new ways to beat the financial

By Inês Lopes ines.lopes@theresidentgroup.com Prince William and Kate Middleton,who will get marriedon April 29 next year, have been invited by the Algarve Tourism Board to spend their honeymoon in the

by PAULO SILVESTRE paulo.silvestre@theresidentgroup.com An earthquake exercise has revealed that the region would be the scene of a “disastrous scenario”, with thousands of deaths and injuries and high levels of

Algarve residents Connell Grogan, Bradley Querl and Alex Kenney are running the Lisbon Marathon on Sunday to raise funds for a six-year-old boy from Tavira, who has recently been diagnosed

The Jewish Community of Algarve will be celebrating Chanukah, the Festival of Lights, with a picnic lunch in Portimão on Sunday. The history of Chanukah is recorded in the Deuterocanonical

Volunteers from the Algarve food bank collected almost 190 tonnes of supplies in the region on November 27 and 28. The president of Banco Alimentar Contra a Fome do Algarve,