Thousands protest in Lisbon
THOUSANDS OF demonstrators took to the streets of Lisbon on November 25, protesting against government rationalisation policies for the civil service. Organised by the Portuguese Transport and General Workers’ Union,
Major home fair in Faro
ALGARDECOR, THE Algarve’s answer to the Ideal Home Exhibition, is now on at EXPOFARO, located alongside the municipal swimming pool complex in Faro. The exhibition space totals 3,000sqm and visitors
Making Christmas simple – part two
THE RESIDENT will be publishing a further guide to all things Christmassy in the next issue. All hotel and restaurant owners, schools, charities, associations, câmaras, shops and so on, are
Mission accomplished
AFTER FIVE days, 22 hours and 25 minutes under sail, the Visit Portimão arrived at Dartmouth in the UK last Thursday (November 23). Ricardo Diniz managed to successfully navigate the
More shopping time this Christmas
An agreement has been reached between Loulé Câmara and the Associação de Comércio e Serviços da Região do Algarve, the retailers and services association of the Algarve, to extend opening
A Christmas delivery for Omega Parque
A RARE spotted deer was born on November 19, at Omega Parque in Monchique, the only zoological institution in the world exclusively dedicated to the conservation of highly threatened wild
Play golf and help cancer patients in the Algarve
FOLLOWING ON from the successful Mamamaratona 6 event in October, the Associação Oncológica do Algarve (AOA), the Algarve Oncology Association, is continuing its campaign to raise funds to build an
A historical ramble through Anglo-Welsh History
The next meeting of the Association Arqueologica do Algarve (AAA) will be held on Tuesday, December 5, at the Biblioteque Municipal in Loulé, at 2.30pm and the Convento de São
Portuguese leaving the country in droves
PORTUGUESE EMIGRATION to other European Union countries is on the increase because of the economic recession. Buses full of Portuguese citizens leave weekly from Lisbon, Porto and Faro in search
Aljezur residents demand alternative road
SEVEN HUNDRED residents in Aljezur have signed a petition to Mário Lino, Minister for Public Buildings, Transport and Communications requesting an alternative road to the EN120. Due to an increase

