Algarve

By: ELOISE WALTON eloise@the-resident.com A PROJECT to erect electricity pylons across five counties in the Algarve to Andalucia in Spain is due to start this year after a period of

ATHLETES OF all shapes, sizes and ages have joined the two running groups that have been set up in preparation for the final 10km of the 2girls2run charity campaign on

The vice secretary of state for internal affairs, José Magalhães, was in the Algarve on Thursday (February 21) to speak to Faro, Albufeira and Loulé councils about the installation of

FOLLOWING A recent workshop dedicated to a Green and Sustainable Algarve, Ambiendura, an independent environmental consultancy, wants to create a think tank for promoting and initiating projects in the Algarve.

THE ENTRANCE to an important caving site and subterranean groundwater source in the parish of Paderne, blocked by rubble dumped following the construction of Albufeira marina in 2003, will be

FARO CÂMARA wants to install CCTV cameras in the main access roads to the city and along the central avenue, while Portimão waits for approval for the city’s CCTV plans

THE CATHOLIC Bishop of the Algarve, Manuel Neto Quintas, will undertake a parochial visit of parishes in Loulé from Sunday (February 24). He is due to hold a Eucharist at

A CONVICTED paedophile who worked at Portimão Câmara was arrested on February 12 by the Polícia Judiciária on suspicion of sexually abusing  a 10-year-old girl last summer. Portuguese national daily newspaper

PORTIMÃO AND Lagos Câmaras plan to construct the largest international and inter-Câmara shooting range in the Algarve. A meeting on Monday of the Associação dos Municípios da Ria de Alvor,

THE ALGARVE Motor Park, where the Portimão race track is under construction, is to be the site of the first Radisson five star hotel in Portugal. The luxury complex will