Algarve

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

MANTA ROTA beach in Vila Real do Santo António is the latest to receive a facelift as a result of the Plano de Ordenamento da Orla Costeira (POOC). POOC outlines

PEOPLE everywhere will have made New Year resolutions and The Resident team was no different. This year sees the start of something new, interactive, controversial and exciting for our readers.

A MAMMOTH discount sale featuring clothing, footwear and items for the home will be held at Silves Fissul Centre this weekend, January 27 and 28. Retailers from the borough will

THE FORMER president of Faro Câmara, José Vitorino, has given up his seat in the municipal assembly in protest against the way he has been treated. Vitorino, a social democrat,