Algarve

A RAFFLE was held over the Christmas period, by Food Fayre in Messines, offering a Christmas hamper as first prize and a box of Borleys Pies, donated by Derek Barry.

A MAJOR police operation in Loulé last week saw the GNR charge 57 individuals with possession of drugs. The crackdown netted 53 Portuguese, one Briton, one Romanian, one Mozambican and

PORTIMÃO MEDICAL centre’s decision to close two hours earlier each day at 10pm has been met with fierce criticism from the social democrats (PSD) in the town. Rui Lourenço, president

FOLLOWING THE Resident’s report in the December 1 edition about the Canil São Francisco de Assis animal shelter in Loulé, the AAAA animal charity which runs the centre has been

THE AMOUNT of money that the Associação de Turismo do Algarve (ATA), the tourism association for the Algarve, has to spend on promotion this year has been cut by 25

THE ALGARVEAN’S pantomime Scheherazade’s Greatest Hits looks set to be their most spectacular ever. Wendy Nazaar, the set designer, has spent weeks creating imaginative and exotic interpretations backdrops of how

CARRIAGE DRIVING, a sport that has recently enjoyed a great revival in popularity, is now available in the Algarve. The New Forest Lodge Carriage Driving and Equestrian Centre, based at

A NEW public internet café will be opened tomorrow (Saturday) afternoon in Monte Gordo at number nine Avenida Infante D. Henrique. It is the second to open in the borough

A GROUP of horse riders from the Algarve and UK will once again be attempting to follow the famous Via Algarviana route from Alcoutim close to the Spanish border to

THE PUBLIC response to Portugal Blue Pages, a website born out of demand for The Resident Service Directory to be available online, has exceeded expectations. The concept to bring out