Algarve

By RUTH SHARPE ruth@portugalresident.com International supermarket group, Carrefour, headquartered in France, opened its doors to the public on October 27 in spectacular style at the Portimão Retail Park. A global

By CAROLINE CUNHA caroline@portugalresident.com FAMILY FASHION retailer C&A opened its first store in the Algarve at Forum Algarve shopping centre in Faro on Wednesday last week. Despite the bad weather,

By RUTH SHARPE ruth@portugalresident.com PROFESSIONAL SAILOR Ricardo Diniz is to undertake a remarkable trip from Portimão into the heart of London, to hand Her Majesty the Queen a bottle of

MAKING A difference nationally, internationally and locally are the main aims of the new Eastern Algarve International School, EAST, which opened in Tavira in May. EAST’s Director, Terry Payne, told

By NATASHA SMITH natasha@portugalresident.com PROPERTY OWNERS face heavy fines if they fail to follow energy efficiency measures introduced under new government regulations. In an effort to lower carbon dioxide (CO2)

By CAROLINE CUNHA caroline@portugalresident.com FARO-BASED shopping centre Forum Algarve and the Associação Humanitária dos Bombeiros Voluntários de Faro, the humanitarian association of Faro Bombeiros, are organising a conference at Faro

TWO GERMAN benefactors have driven a fire engine from Germany to the Algarve for the Monchique bombeiros. The vehicle is the latest equipment to be donated to the fire services

TORRENTIAL RAIN caused the flooding of the kitchen and canteen at a primary school and nursery in Monchique on Monday, leaving 200 pupils without their school lunch. Parents and families

MEMBERS OF the Lagos Municipal Assembly have expressed their dismay at the proposal of a 25km stretch of high-tension power lines through the city. The pylons would begin in Barão

By NATASHA SMITH natasha@portugalresident.com THE ESCOLA International de São Lourenço (EISL) in Almancil has seen its fair share of change since being established more than 15 years ago. It was