Algarve

By DAISY SAMPSON daisy.sampson@theresidentgroup.com Martinhal Beach Resort & Hotel, near Sagres, was officially inaugurated on September 16 with Portuguese and British officials attending the event in the western Algarve. The

An autumn bazaar is to be held on October 9 at the Mercado de Ribeira in Tavira in aid of the São Francisco kennels in Loulé. The event starts at

Albufeira Municipality is promoting a photography competition called Descobre e fotografa as praias de Albufeira (Discover and photograph the beaches of Albufeira). Participants can enter until September 30 and the

Learn about the events and activities of the Algarve Senior Bikers Group via their new website at www.algarveseniorbikers.org. The site was constructed by group member Leif Axellson, who has many

For every thousand mammogram tests undertaken in the Algarve there were three cancer cases detected between 2008 and 2010. Project coordinator Filomena Horta Correia of the Regional Health Administration of

A birwatching festival will be held between October 1 and October 3 in and around Sagres, the primary corridor of migration in Portugal for thousands of birds. Visitors will be

More than 50 members and guests of the Royal British Legion (RBL) attended a celebratory lunch at the Holiday Inn Algarve on September 15. The lunch was to mark the

A charitable association which supports and helps to rehabilitate addicts in the Algarve, GATO, Grupo de Ajuda a Toxicodependentes, will celebrate its 20th anniversary with a fundraising dinner on October

Regionalisation in Portugal took a step forward when PSD political party members drafted a revised project. The item that required the simultaneous creation of administrative regions has been removed, while

By PAULO SILVESTRE paulo.silvestre@theresidentgroup.com Local residents, business owners and politicians from across the region have set up a group, Comissão de Utentes, to fight the introduction of tolls on the