Algarve

By: Natasha Smith natasha@portugalresident.com BRITISH RESIDENT, Les De Vine, battled BPN bank for two months, after 94.35 euros was deducted in charges from a money order for 273.6 US dollars.

A 44-year-old man was attacked by a pedigree Pitbull dog in Almancil. Horácio Luz suffered deep wounds to his leg and abdomen and had lost a lot of blood when

JOIN IN the fun at Pinetrees Riding Centre on Easter Sunday, April 8 and watch horses and riders being put through their paces in a range of activities from a

WORLD PARKINSON’S Day is celebrated on April 11. James Parkinson was a London doctor who first described Parkinson’s Disease in 1817 in an essay entitled The Shaking Palsy. If you

SIX BUSINESS people in the Algarve shared their experience and knowledge with students at a recent Careers Symposium held at the International School of the Algarve in Porches, which involved

THREE BRAZILIAN men were arrested last week in Tavira, suspected of holding up five petrol stations across the region in March. Allegedly, they robbed petrol stations in Albufeira, Olhão and

SALES WITH a bit of humour will be the topic of the next TGIF (Thank Goodness It’s Friday!) lunch on April 27. Derek Douglas and Tom Henshaw, members of The

By: Caroline Cunha caroline@portugalresident.com JOVITA LADEIRA is one of six elected Socialist MPs serving the Algarve. She was born in Tavira but has lived in Vila Real de Santo António

By: Caroline Cunha caroline@portugalresident.com ON THE eve of the Rally de Portugal, which took place in the Algarve last weekend, Welsh driver Simon Hughes, who was taking part in the

Over the last two years, Jenny Grainer has held several successful writing workshops at the Hotel Garbe in Armação de Pêra. Now, Jenny plans to do two half-day workshops over