Portugal

A fire started on the grassland adjacent to the Montes de Alvor aerodrome on Wednesday, June 13 at around 8.30pm. Reader Melvyn Mole, a resident of the area, said: “I

Safe Communities Algarve and GNR Faro will be holding a crime prevention seminar at São Bras Museum on Thursday, July 5 from 2.30pm to 4.30pm. The event has been organised

In Monchique, 300 people in a population of 6,000 are out of work. The 5% jobless rate  is one of the lowest in the Algarve, contradicting the region’s unemployment rate at

Monchique’s fire department welcomed the arrival of one of seven firefighting helicopters made available for the ‘Bravo’ fire combat mission in Portugal, which ends this month. Fire departments across the

Two parking meters have been installed along one of Carvoeiro’s busiest roads. Charges to park at Rua do Barranco, the road out of the town, began on June 18. The

By INÊS LOPES ines.lopes@algarveresident.com Debt-ridden Algarve race track owner Parkalgar has announced that a special revitalisation programme has been initiated to ensure the company’s future and the viability of its

Two projects that were expected to dynamise the economy of the inland town of Alcoutim, in the eastern Algarve, have been dismissed by the government. Alcoutim Câmara says a bridge

By INÊS LOPES ines.lopes@algarveresident.com Allgarve may have come to an end but the Algarve is very much alive if entertainment is what you are looking for. This is the message

Faro Hospital is launching a public tender for the hiring of 115 specialist doctors, representing 25% of the total national medical recruitments permitted by the government until the end of

Alcoutim’s Feira de Artesanato e Etnografia, an ethnographic art show held at the Pego Fundo river beach last weekend, attracted thousands of visitors to the eastern Algarve town. Around 50