Don’t miss Monchique’s traditional sausage fair
ONCE AGAIN, Monchique will be the setting for the Feira dos Enchidos Tradicionais, an event showcasing sausages made from traditional recipes, taking place this weekend (March 4 and 5). As
Jewish celebrate Purim Festival
THE JEWISH Community of Algarve will be celebrating Purim, one of the most joyous festivals in the Jewish calendar, with a tea party on Sunday, March 5. The festival commemorates
Loulé shepherd loses 23 animals in dog attack
A SHEPHERD from Loulé found the carcasses of 23 of his animals, which appeared to have been the victims of a savage attack by a pack of dogs. The attack,
New budget supermarket for Lagoa
A NEW low cost supermarket will open in Lagoa in June, adjacent to the municipal Bombeiros station, The Resident has learned this week. In recent months, many locals had been
Police arrest couple selling heroin in Lagos
LAGOS POLICE recently arrested a couple, caught dealing heroin. The couple, residents of Lagos, would buy the drug and prepare it for direct sale to drug addicts in the city
Police catch petrol station hold-up suspects
TWO YOUTHS, a Portuguese aged 18 and a German aged 20 were detained in the borough of Silves last week, suspected of carrying out an armed robbery at a petrol
Across the Atlantic with João Falcato
THE SECOND in a series of concerts hosted by the Friends of São Brás Museum takes place on Friday, March 3 at 8pm at the museum itself, featuring the renowned
Shakira to perform at Rock in Rio Lisboa
SHAKIRA IS the latest name to be confirmed for this year’s Rock in Rio Lisboa, the five-day music spectacular set to take place at Lisbon’s Parque da Bela Vista on
Albufeira’s banks under attack
IN JUST seven months, no less than five bank robberies have taken place in the Albufeira area, with the town’s Banif branch being the subject of three separate hold-ups. Unsurprisingly,
Thousands celebrate life of Sister Lúcia
THE MORTAL remains of Sister Lúcia, who saw apparitions of the Virgin Mary in 1917, were moved from the Carmelite convent Carmelo de Santa Teresa of Coimbra, where she died,

