Border closes
SPANISH FISHERMEN and lorry drivers, protesting against the high cost of fuel, closed the border between Portugal and Spain on Friday. Traffic was halted between the two countries because the
Celebrity fashion
SILVES WILL be hosting a celebrity fashion show tomorrow (Saturday) in the Praça da Água, opposite the new municipal swimming pools. This show, which starts at 9.30pm, will include Portuguese
Algarve name misused
A SPANISH development has been slammed by Algarve MEP José Mendes Bota for advertising its golf course in Ayamonte as belonging in the Algarve. The Costa Esuri Golf Club (The
British Consul to attend AFPOP luncheon
THE BRITISH Consul to the Algarve, Celia Edwards, will attend an AFPOP lunch on June 18 at the Hotel Garbe in Armação de Pêra. The event is open to anyone
Food fair
A FOOD fair being held in Faro, in conjunction with the local Câmara and the association of hotels and similar industries (AIHSA) to promote regional cooking and catering establishments in
Hotel sealed up
PORTIMÃO’S TROPIMAR Hotel, targeted by a number of young juvenile delinquents who have been using the abandoned building to live in, has been taken over by the Portimão Cãmara. The
GNR trains blood
THE GNR’s latest recruit possesses a unique skill in Portugal – she is capable of detecting the smell of blood at crime scenes. Natascha is a five year old Labrador
Spanish fuel protest closes Algarve border
SPANISH FISHERMEN and lorry drivers, protesting against the high cost of fuel, have closed the border between Portugal and Spain today (Friday). No traffic is currently able to cross into
Algarve cycle path is death trap for users
By: ELOISE WALTON eloise@the-resident.com PEDESTRIANS AND cyclists are at risk of serious injury from an unfinished section of the Ecovia do Algarve, a bicycle and pedestrian route, which ends abruptly
Staff layoffs
TAP HAS admitted, for the first time, that it may have to lay off staff because of the oil crisis if it fails to increase receipts on new routes this

