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Businesses in the Algarve that are most susceptible to seasonality could benefit from financial aid if they maintain their current fixed-term employment contracts after the high season. Although the programme

Lagoa is organising a day of festivities in honour of Our Lady of Light (Nossa Senhora da Luz) tomorrow (Saturday). There will be a celebration of Mass at the main

Ponta da Piedade lighthouse is undergoing restoration work, announced the Portuguese Navy. Due to improvement works to the tower, the lighthouse is currently closed to the public until further notice,

Álvaro Lourenço, a retired Economics teacher who shot dead his estranged wife on Rua de Ceuta, Lagos, on September 1, committed suicide a few hours later using the same weapon.

A multicultural music line-up, comprising big names and new artists in world music, will be enjoyed in Faro’s historical centre for the 2nd Festival Adentro. Taking place in the Afonso

The Municipal Assembly of Vila Real de Santo António has approved a proposal by the Socialist Party (Partido Socialista – PS) that sees the merging of the municipality with its

Founded on September 2, 2008 the Rotary Club Estoi International celebrated its fourth anniversary with a Croquet Challenge at the Bela Romão Country Club near Fuseta last Sunday (September 2).

A baby gibbon was born on August 31 at the Lagos Zoo. Although the sex of the new-born is still unknown, it has been decided by the zoo that if

By SOPHIE MCCARRICK sophie.mccarrick@algarveresident.com A major golf tourism event, taking place in the Algarve in November, is predicted to bring record breaking business from all over the world to the