Algarve

The question that was asked: Do you worry about violent crime in the Algarve? The results: 65% voted Yes 35% voted No A SIGNIFICANT number of online voters said that

SHOTS WERE fired at the Expo Arade in Portimão on Friday night after Prime Minister José Sócrates had left a political party dinner. According to the Portuguese news agency Lusa,

DESPITE NATIONAL and Europe-wide awareness campaigns, drowning is still the second main cause of injury and death among children in Europe, with more drowning while on holiday abroad than in

FRIENDS AND EMPLOYERS of a 22 year old British woman who lives in Lagos and has not been seen since the weekend are getting increasingly concerned about her whereabouts. Lindsey

A 14-YEAR-old girl of Portuguese nationality was taken to Santa Maria hospital in Lisbon on Saturday after drowning at a beach near Óbidos, north of Lisbon, that did not have

A TWO-year-old, Portuguese boy drowned in the family swimming pool in Silves on Saturday while his parents were cleaning the garden. The toddler’s four year old sister was supervising him

A PROJECT to build a hotel in the grounds of Faro airport to cater for airport staff and passengers is being considered. According to Faro airport’s director, António Correia Mendes,

THE PRESIDENT of the Portuguese maritime police association has said that the number of active members on patrol is too low to maintain effective vigilance of the coastline. According the

By: ELOISE WALTON eloise@the-resident.com ROAD IMPROVEMENTS, including the construction of a new tunnel and four new roundabouts, at a cost of more than three million euros are planned to be

A WEEKLY ferry route between Portimão, Funchal in Madeira and Las Palmas and Tenerife in the Canary Islands has been launched. This new service, which is run by a Spanish