Algarve

By DAISY SAMPSON daisy.sampson@theresidentgroup.com Christmas is a time for giving and in the Algarve this festive season there are many opportunities for the community to help others in need. The

Members of the Jewish community are invited to celebrate Chanukah 5771 in Portimão on December 5 from 1.15pm. Guests are asked to bring their own latkes and picnic lunch with

A donation of 12,000 Euros has been given to the management of the Centro Comunitário in Almancil by the Lions Clube de Loulé. The money was raised through charity sales

Unemployed people are queuing through the night to be first in line to register and apply for unemployment benefit at job centres across the region. Quoted in the Portuguese press,

A charity calendar of animal images drawn by Algarve artist Tara Esaguy Cohen is now on sale at the Algarve Resident offices in Lagoa. The Algarve Animals calendar features illustrations

Learn about the defining role of Military Religious Orders in Portugal during two history talks by Peter Kingdon Booker this month. The first talk will take place on November 16

Volunteers from across the Algarve are being asked to come forward to help in the ninth campaign by the Banco Alimentar Contra a Fome do Algarve, the Algarve food bank.

A Christmas fair in aid of the Nandi Animal Charity is to take place on November 21 at the Mercado do Levante in Lagos. The fair, which is to run

The vast majority of municipal and local câmaras say they will charge the maximum permitted under the law for IMI property taxes next year. From a total of 308 municipal

Following a fall in visitor numbers during the low season in recent years the administration of Zoomarine in Guia has decided not to open the park this winter. The doors