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Olhão markets are to be given the status of monument of public interest, following an announcement in the online government publication Diário da República this week. The decision follows a

The municipalities of Faro and Lagos hope to separately raise around €15 million each by selling publicly-owned properties in order to pay their debts. In Faro, the local authority is

Lagos Cultural Centre is this month celebrating its 20th anniversary. The building, in the heart of the city, was concluded in 1989 and inaugurated in 1992 by the then Prime

Archaeologists launched a search on Wednesday last week  for the remains of a boat from the Roman era shipwrecked in the Arade River in Portimão. The first phase of the two-week

By CRISTINA ALCOCK news@algarveresident.com The body of a British man and Algarve resident was found on Sunday morning (October 21) after his parachute failed to open during a skydiving jump

Café Calcinha and Casa da Primeira Infância in Loulé have been classified as buildings of municipal interest, following approval by the municipal assembly this week. The emblematic café in the

Municipal Assembly meetings earlier this month in Olhão and Silves voted against the merging or extinction of any of their parishes, as part of a government plan to restructure local

A large-scale police operation involving a detachment of 67 officers of Loulé GNR has dismantled a network of violent criminals engaged in trafficking drugs, illegal possession of firearms and thefts

Following three harrowing months, the whereabouts and welfare of seven-year-old Giselle Candice Kelly Silva, also known as ‘Ellie’, are still unknown. Since Ellie visited her father, Filipe Silva, on July