Portugal

By ANA TAVARES news@algarveresident.com A recovery plan presented in early November by Parkalgar, the Algarve race track’s owner, to save the company from insolvency was approved on Monday (November 26)

A motorist mowed down a cyclist and drove away from the scene of the accident leaving the rider’s dead body at the side of the road. The victim’s corpse was

Barlavento Hospital in Portimão is organising its first charity dinner to raise funds for its unit supporting children and youths at risk. To be held at the Hotel Alvor Baía

Municipal company TaviraVerde has begun work to extend the water supply network in the areas of Espartosa and Carrasqueira, in the parish of Santa Catarina da Fonte do Bispo. The

A freelance travel journalist from Holland completed a 4,500km journey from Amsterdam to Faro in an electric-powered ‘tuk tuk’ motorcycle. Promoting an environmentally-friendly form of travelling, which was much enjoyed

afpop, Portugal’s largest foreign residents’ association celebrated its Silver Jubilee with a dinner on Saturday, November 10. It marked the 25th anniversary of the creation of afpop as an association

A man who fell into the water at Faro docks after fainting was rescued by two PSP officers last Friday at 6.30am. The officers were called to the scene by

The first ‘transition town’ meeting in Monchique is taking place this evening (November 23) at Óchálá at 8pm. Transition towns are a network of communities that are working to build

Lagos Câmara has recently approved its proposed Municipal Master Plan (PDM) which had been suspended since 2002. Describing a series of guidelines to ensure the efficient development of the council,