Portugal

A petition has been launched by residents of Tavira in protest against the noise emanating from a summer nightclub. Complaining of sleepless nights for the past month, residents have now

A windsurfer reported missing by his family at around 8pm on Sunday, August 12 was rescued by Portimão’s maritime police. The experienced windsurfer from Madeira had disappeared from the view

By INÊS LOPES inês.lopes@algarveresident.com Portugal’s President and Prime Minister have had their peace disturbed as protests against the A22 tolls took place outside their holiday homes in the Algarve last

The Portuguese national football team took on Panama at the Stadium of the Algarve last Wednesday night (played after the Algarve Resident went to press) in its first game since

Portimão continues to attract a large number of cruise passengers with the second half of this month expected to see more than 2,000 people arrive at the city’s port. On

Crimes of burglary in the Algarve have decreased by 9% in the first six months of the year, in comparison with the same period last year, recorded the GNR. Quoting

Concerns that 65% of staff at regional tourism boards in Portugal will lose their jobs, following proposed changes to the policies and statutes governing the entities, have led to a

Promoting the best of the region’s crafts, the eighth Feira dos Ofícios is taking place between August 8 and 16 at Jardim das Palmeiras in Tavira. Part of the council’s

After five years on the run from UK authorities over an alleged multimillion-Pound cocaine smuggling plot, Lee Dryden was arrested by the Polícia Judiciária in Olhão last month. The 49-year-old

Marking 10 years since the first didgeridoo festival in Portugal, Sítio das Fontes in Estombar is hosting the Didgeridoo Festival – FATT 2012 from August 9 to 11. Named DreamTime,