Algarve

FIREWORKS MARKED the region’s entrance into 2008 with a bang! In Portimão, advertised as having the biggest display in the world because of its length, thousands of fireworks were let

ZOOMARINE IN Guia is testing a new filter that uses seaweed to clean the salt water tanks used by the sea animals at the park. The project, named Filtralgae, was

Palliative care unit to open at Faro hospital THE ALGARVE is to get its first mobile unit for palliative care dedicated to terminally ill patients and their families. The unit,

THE WRANGLE between the Vila do Bispo Câmara and the ICNB about the embargo on the construction of several villas in legal urbanisations has gone to the national parliament. Mendes

THE PORTUGUESE association dedicated to helping the visually impaired, ACAPO, is donating a guide dog to a Portuguese teenager today(Friday) to mark the International Braille Day. There are 45 million

By: CECÍLIA PIRES cecilia@portugalresident.com PORTIMÃO’S PUBLIC Prosecutor has made the owner of Quinta da Rocha an arguido for violating environmental regulations after ignoring orders from the regional development authority to

THE GOVERNMENT has approved the joint development proposals of five councils in the Algarve for the Polis XXI programme, excluding all of the councils in the Barlavento and Baixo Guadiana

By: CECÍLIA PIRES cecilia@portugalresident.com ALGARVE CÂMARAS will have a supply of biodiesel for their cars and trucks next year as a result of project to collect waste domestic oil from

By: ELOISE WALTON eloise@portugalresident.com THE TWO French siblings accused of murdering the French sailor André Le Floch aboard his trimaran the Intermezzo last August were found guilty of all charges

AS PART of its project to reward young people who have made a valuable contribution to their schools and communities, the International Rotary Club of Almancil has presented awards to