SC Farense at Home
Farense will kick off their season with a League Cup game against Chaves at the Estádio de São Luís in Faro (behind the main hospital) on Sunday July 27. The
Portimonense XI took to the pitch at Ferreiras' Nora Stadium
A largely experimental Portimonense XI took to the pitch at Ferreiras’ Nora Stadium against visiting Huddersfield Town last Saturday afternoon and came away with bloody noses. The match featuring several
“Potentially dangerous” heavy metals threatening urban farmlands in the Porto area
“Potentially dangerous” heavy metals are threatening urban farmlands in the Porto area. A study released this week by the University of Aveiro shows that levels in a number of areas
TAP cancels 50 flights in four days as pilots threaten strike
With customer complaints through the roof during the last two months, Portugal’s national airline TAP is now facing total paralysis. Pilots are meeting this afternoon – with strike action firmly
Former BES boss on €3 million bail as Espírito Santo group “implodes”
It has been hailed as the end of one of the “most influential centres of power” in Portugal’s political, social and financial world. Minutes after former BES boss Ricardo Salgado
Heartwarming news for Algarve tots in drowning scares
At last, some good news for two holidaymaking children plucked in the nick of time from swimming pools in the region. The first, described only as two years old and
Prison 'shake-up' in Portugal makes wardens responsible for repeat offenders
Portugal’s prison authority (DGRSP) has come up with a controversial new system to lower the number of repeat offenders overloading the country’s prisons. If prison establishments fail to lower their
Infamous Portimão Urbis (finally) bites the dust
Portimão Urbis, the council-run services company mired in debt and political corruption has finally bitten the dust. Portimão mayor Isilda Gomes announced the firm’s dissolution last Friday (July 18). Her
Portugal Rally loses million-euro “Turismo” funding
Organisers of the flagship “Rali de Portugal” race event learnt today that they will be losing a million-euros worth of state funding next year as “Turismo de Portugal” pulls its
Faro cinema to reopen under new management
Only a couple weeks after Faro’s only cinema closed down at the Forum Algarve shopping centre, a source linked to the process has told the Resident that it will be