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By INÊS LOPES ines.lopes@algarveresident.com

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

Owners of Quinta da Rocha, a plot of land set within the protected Ria de Alvor estuary, in the Portimão council, have been ordered by the court to replenish flora

Hospital Particular do Algarve (HPA) Group celebrated National Health Week (May 21 to 25) by offering 200 various screenings for free to patients at both the Alvor and Gambelas hospitals.

Traffic on the A22 decreased 58% in the first two months of the year, in comparison to the same period in 2011. Data sent by the government to the Algarve

By Sophie McCarrick sophie.mccarrick@algarveresident.com A lack of rainfall in the Algarve has for some time been affecting agricultural production throughout the region. Faro in particular is now suffering from a

Music group Quadro Nuevo from Germany will be performing a concert entitled ‘Songs of a Grand Voyage’ in the church square of Igreja de Santa Maria de Ourique, Alentejo, on

Algarve’s overall occupancy level during May was 55.2%, down by 3.7% in comparison to the same month in 2011, according to data accumulated by AHETA, the region’s hotels and tourist

A short film to promote the Algarve region to the domestic market will feature popular Portuguese TV presenter Sílvia Alberto. Cameras rolled in the region last weekend for the film