Algarve

PORTIMÃO, CASTELO Branco and Santarém prisons were officially closed on January 31 and staff and prisoners transferred to other establishments across Portugal. These alterations are part of a remodelling and

SILVES’S Herdade da Parra national woodland area is being reforested with new cork trees, wild pine trees and cypresses being planted over 98 hectares, part of this having been destroyed

A GROUP of nine children and two adults, all Portuguese, on board a boat had to be rescued on Monday afternoon after it drifted into dangerous waters in a cave

A SERIES of tremors were felt in the Algarve and Rio Maior, in central Portugal, on Saturday night and Sunday morning but there was very little damage and no injuries

FARO BOMBEIROS are due to get a new headquarters in Cidade Judicial, a new area being built near the Forum Algarve. The project is still in the planning stage but

AN ENVIRONMENTAL workshop, entitled Algarve Connected, will take place today (Friday) at the Ria Formosa natural park in Olhão. During the event, organised by the environmental consultancy company Ambiendura, themes

By: CECÍLIA PIRES cecilia@portugalresident.com NEW SPECIES of more resistant orange trees for the brackish areas and a new book of good practices for production and packaging were two of the

By: CECÍLIA PIRES cecilia@portugalresident.com AUTÓDROMO INTERNACIONAL do Algarve, the ambitious race track under construction in Portimão, will be ready in time for the Portuguese round of the Superbike World Championship,

THE ALGARVE Archaeological Association (AAA) is due to hold its next set of meetings on February 12 in Loulé and Lagoa, with a talk about the changing landscapes during the

By: NATASHA SMITH natasha@portugalresident.com FOLLOWING SEVERAL months of turmoil and discontent at the Eastern Algarve International School (EAST) in Tavira, head teacher Terence Payne has handed in his resignation and