England team chooses Algarve for pre-World Cup training
VALE DO Lobo has been chosen by the English Football Association as the location for the national team’s training base camp in May, ahead of this summer’s World Cup in
Faro airport is first choice for Germans over 50
FARO AIRPORT has been chosen by Monorama Touristik and Reise Klub, two German tour operators specialising in travel for the over 50s, to receive more than 9,000 seniors over a
Magical paintings by Sue Rubira
AN EXHIBITION of remarkable watercolours of donkeys, gypsies and market sellers by artist Sue Rubira is currently on show at the Armazém Regimental in Lagos. Sue, MA Royal College of
Motorcross elite descend on Cortelha
CORTELHA, AN interior village within the borough of Loulé, will be the setting for another national motorcross championship, the 26th Prémio de Maio em Motocross, taking place on May 1.
Portimão Retail Park to open soon
PORTIMÃO RETAIL Park, situated off the EN125 at Chão das Donas, will open to the public on Saturday, April 22, at 10am, owners Capital Invest told The Resident this week.
Portugal’s traditional Easter cake
FOLAR DE Páscoa, or just folar, is a fancy bread eaten during the Easter period in Portugal. The traditional flavourings of aniseed and cinnamon make it a most welcome companion
Portuguese researchers win major prize for new HIV discovery
A TEAM of medical researchers from the University of Lisbon’s Science Faculty, who carried out groundbreaking research work on the HIV retrovirus that can cause Aids, have been awarded the
Processions mark the month of April in Tavira
VARIOUS RELIGIOUS events, forming part of the Easter celebrations, are due to take place in Tavira this month, including Procissão do Triunfo (April 9) and Procissão do Enterro do Senhor
Construction and home decoration event in Portimão
PORTIMÃO’S ZONA Ribeirinha, by the waterfront, is the setting for the sixth edition of Algarve Construção – Feira das Actividades de Construção Civil e Afins, and the second edition of
Tuberculosis less prevalent in Faro
FARO IS among the districts in Portugal with the lowest number of cases of tuberculosis. According to data released by the Associação Portuguesa de Solidariedade Mãos Unidas, a non-governmental association