Portugal

A FARO resident died on December 9 in the Hospital de São José in Lisbon after being injured in a fight between gangs in the centre of Faro. João Pedro

TEMPERATURES ACROSS the country continued to drop last week. Serra da Estrela, the main ski area in the country in central Portugal, experienced very low temperatures, but to the despair

By NATASHA SMITH natasha@portugalresident.com NEARLY 100 children turned out to train with the Irish international rugby union team at Browns Sports and Leisure Club last week. The team arrived in

The Algarve needs more crèches and kindergartens, according to Vieira da Silva, the Minister for Employment and Social Security. During da Silva’s visit to the Algarve for meetings and the

Statistics presented by José van der Kellen, the regional director of the Serviço Estrangeiros e Fronteiras (SEF), the office for foreign citizens and border control, show there to be 66,000

Members of the Junta da Freguesia of Praia da Luz, holding their annual Christmas dinner, were the first people to dine in the restaurant. Also attending was Lagos Câmara President,

THE WOODEN roof of the Cathedral of the Algarve in Silves could collapse at any moment because the timbers are so rotten. The central nave and two lateral aisles have

AS THE New Year approaches, many of you will be deciding where you would like to celebrate. Here is The Resident’s  guide to some of the places near you where you

TAXI DRIVERS working in the Algarve are to receive foreign language tuition and attend customer service and public relations courses. The news was announced by the Algarve Tourism Board, the