Portugal

FOLLOWING ON from the tradition of previous years, a giant Bolo Rei was displayed in Rua Vasco da Gama, Quarteira at the weekend and around 3,000 members of the public

The Jewish Community of the Algarve will meet in Portimão for a picnic lunch on Sunday, December 17, which will fall on the second day of Chanukah, the Festival of

THE VILLAGE of Cortelha, near Salir, Loulé will begin its Christmas celebrations tomorrow (Saturday, December 16) with a party for children and the elderly at 5pm, organised by the Associação

The fortress at Sagres is a finalist in the competition to be considered one of the Seven Wonders of Portugal. According to Hélder Martins, the president of the Região de

Bishop David Hamid from the Diocese of Gibraltar, of which St Vincents is a part, was at Luz Church on Sunday to licence Fiona Mayes as a lay reader and

THE SUCCESSFUL festive Swim for Shoes held in 2005 is being repeated this year, offering people the opportunity to take a dip in the Alantic Ocean and help raise money

By NATASHA SMITH natasha@portugalresident.com The Centro de Apoio Familiar e Aconselhamento Parental (CAFAP), family support and parental counselling centre, opened its doors in Silves last week. The free service is

TAVIRA WILL be hosting a New Year’s festival at the Pavilhão Municipal Dr. Eduardo Mansinho on December 31, with the party getting underway at 9pm. Entertainment will be provided by

A 54-YEAR-old Loulé woman has been locked up in her parents’ house for 30 years. The woman has hardly left the house since the late 1970s when her engagement was