Algarve

By NATASHA SMITH natasha@portugalresident.com Voluntary canine search and rescue team, Equipa Canina de Resgate do Algarve (ECRA) is on-call 24hours a day, 365 days a year to support bombeiros and

CLOTHES FROM the 19th and early 20th centuries are on display in the windows of various shops in downtown Faro until October 22 as part of an exhibition aimed at

TASTE THE delicious, hot roasted chestnuts and enjoy the new wine at traditional Portuguese harvest festival celebrations taking place across the Algarve this autumn. Villages, towns and cities will be

By CAROLINE CUNHA caroline@portugalresident.com MAMAMARATONA 6 proved an enormous success on Sunday, with 1,150 people officially registering to take part, a whopping 400 more than last year. In fact, the

On Sunday, October 1, a family fun day, including a raffle, bric-a-brac stall and auction took place at the São Brás Inn to raise funds for the bombeiros of São

A FORMAL request has been made by the Minister for Health, Correia de Campos, to Loulé Câmara to allow the construction of the University of Medicine of the Algarve next

THE FRIENDSHIP between Loulé and the Dutch city of Utrecht has been strengthened with the gift of a religious sculpture by Dutch artist Jits Bakker. The sculpture will be displayed

THE 500 million euro project in Vale do Lobo for the construction of Vale do Lobo phase III has been given the green light. The new development will include a

A young girl holds her candle during the procession of light, in honour of Our Lady of Fátima at Fátima Sanctuary in Cova da Iria in the centre of Portugal.

IN-PATIENTS AT public hospitals could soon be asked to pay five euros a day for up to 14 days towards their treatment costs, the Minister for Health admitted at the