Black weekend on Algarve’s roads
CARVOEIRO: Motorcyclist kills pedestrian on zebra crossing A MOTORCYCLIST, travelling at high speed through the village of Carvoeiro last Saturday night, failed to stop at a zebra crossing on Estrada
The sounds of Easter
PORTIMÃO’S IGREJA Matriz is the setting for a special musical celebration this Eastertime, with the Orquestra do Norte performing Mozart’s Requiem Mass tonight (Good Friday, April 14) at 9.30pm. The
Blood donors wanted in Albufeira
ANYONE INTERESTED in donating blood is invited to attend a blood drive taking place at the Hotel Paraíso in Albufeira on April 22, between 9.30am and 1pm. The initiative is
There were no fools on April 1
IF YOU joined the more than 100 people for the seventh Annual Fundraising Dinner-Dance for Lagoa Voluntary Bombeiros, at the Fatacil grounds in Lagoa, on April 1, you were certainly
England team chooses Algarve for pre-World Cup training
VALE DO Lobo has been chosen by the English Football Association as the location for the national team’s training base camp in May, ahead of this summer’s World Cup in
Faro airport is first choice for Germans over 50
FARO AIRPORT has been chosen by Monorama Touristik and Reise Klub, two German tour operators specialising in travel for the over 50s, to receive more than 9,000 seniors over a
Magical paintings by Sue Rubira
AN EXHIBITION of remarkable watercolours of donkeys, gypsies and market sellers by artist Sue Rubira is currently on show at the Armazém Regimental in Lagos. Sue, MA Royal College of
Motorcross elite descend on Cortelha
CORTELHA, AN interior village within the borough of Loulé, will be the setting for another national motorcross championship, the 26th Prémio de Maio em Motocross, taking place on May 1.
Portimão Retail Park to open soon
PORTIMÃO RETAIL Park, situated off the EN125 at Chão das Donas, will open to the public on Saturday, April 22, at 10am, owners Capital Invest told The Resident this week.
Portugal’s traditional Easter cake
FOLAR DE Páscoa, or just folar, is a fancy bread eaten during the Easter period in Portugal. The traditional flavourings of aniseed and cinnamon make it a most welcome companion

