Algarve

By: NATASHA SMITH natasha@the-resident.com A TOTAL of 27 beaches across the Algarve will take part in this year’s Healthy Beach Programme throughout the summer. The initiative, which was launched in

FARO’S NEW Algarve Central Hospital project is due to open for public tender next month, announced the Prime Minister José Sócrates on Sunday while a conference in the region. He

A NEW branch of the well-known João Nabais law firm is due to open on Friday (March 28) in Almancil. The company was founded in 1993 by João Nabais and

PORTUGAL HAS one of the highest incidences of Tuberculosis in Europe, with 337 people dying from the disease in 2006, 45 of whom were HIV positive, according to a report

THE RESIDENT is now available for sale in more outlets than ever before in the Algarve and Alentejo regions. Readers can now pick up their favourite weekly newspaper at the

TWO BEACHES on the west coast did not apply for blue flags after water quality tests carried out last year were poor. Praia do Vau, Portimão, and Porto de Mós,

By: NATASHA SMITH natasha@the-resident.com FOLLOWING AN undercover investigation into the failings of many childcare facilities, including those of a Mark Warner resort in Egypt, a company spokesman told The Resident

A DANGEROUS grub that is out in force at this time of year across the Algarve is the processionary caterpillar, which can be harmful to both humans and animals. The

A WORKSHOP based on William Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night will take place at Lagos Cultural Centre on Thursday (March 20), from 8.30pm. Leonor Keil and John Mowat have devised a programme

TWO AUTOPSIES on the body of Mari Luz Cortés, found on Thursday in Ria del Tinto, Huelva, have proved inconclusive in determining if the five-year-old girl died as a result