Algarve

A FRENCH woman was jailed for 20 years in Albufeira on Thursday (April 10) for the murder of her child in Olhos d’Água. Audrey Laurence Villegente, 27, received the heavy

PLANS for the complete renovation of the EN125 road, proposed by the government in March, have been criticised by Almancil’s business association (AEA), for not including plans to renew roads

ANTÓNIO PINA, President of the RTA, the regional tourist board, has said that he will once again run for the presidency this year if his supporters continue to back him.

By: ELOISE WALTON eloise@the-resident.com A POPULAR British nursery teacher at the International School of São Lourenço (ISSL) in Almancil has had to leave after 17 years service because her qualifications

By: DAISY SAMPSON daisy.sampson@the-resident.com PEDESTRIANS WILL be given priority over parking spaces as part of a facelift for Praia do Carvoeiro. A spokesman from Lagoa Câmara told The Resident: “We

PORTIMÃO CÂMARA has chosen to celebrate the month of April by promoting various initiatives and activities in the area including an Air Festival and youth programmes. Between April 25 and

By: CECÍLIA PIRES cecilia@the-resident.com TWO main wineries in the Algarve, the Lagoa and Lagos cooperatives, are joining forces to create the new Adega Cooperativa do Algarve, or Algarve Wine Cooperative.

IN JUST a few weeks, two local residents, Shirley Emilio and Amanda Mortimer, will be running from the Spanish border, all the way to Sagres along the Algarve’s new Ecovia

THE JEWISH community of the Algarve will be celebrating the first night of the Passover festival with a communal Seder (dinner) on Saturday April 19. The evening will include the

By: DAISY SAMPSON daisy.sampson@the-resident.com AN ENGLISH resident of Quarteira was involved in an altercation over a seven euro taxi fare after a night out in Vilamoura. According to Correio da