Algarve

LAGOS has officially become the first council in the Algarve to be declared free from genetically modified crops. The news was declared in Monday’s edition of Diário da República, the

By: CECÍLIA PIRES cecilia@portugalresident.com PORTIMÃO’S OLD bridge, known as the ‘ponte velha de Portimão’, connecting the city to Parchal village is closing tomorrow for renovation works. The plan was officially

A NEW resort to be developed in Castro Marim has created an environmental plan, which is currently being reviewed, to lessen its impact on the local environment and populations. The

THE ALGARVE’S Tourism Association (ATA) has announced new plans to promote the region in 2008 including a new initiative to raise the Algarve’s profile with tour operators, travel agencies and

THOMSONFLY HAS said it has no plans to cancel any more flights to Faro. The news comes a week after it announced that its Coventry to Faro flights this winter

CHRISTMAS STARTS tomorrow (Saturday) at the Forum Algarve, in Faro, with Santa Claus scheduled to arrive at 11am. Thousands of children with their families are expected to attend the opening

PEDRO LAMY, the Portuguese Formula One racing driver, will start the Casinos do Algarve rally, which takes place on November 23 and 24, in the Parque Fechado in Portimão. José

AN AMATEUR photographer was detained by Faro police and kept in custody FOR four hours for allegedly taking photographs of children. Although Manuel Batista, 50, who is a state worker,

By: ELOISE WALTON eloise@portugalresident.com SIX UNIDENTIFIED flying objects (UFOs) were sighted and photographed on Tuesday night (November 6) around 11pm by a local resident in Carvoeiro. Robert Wilkinson, owner of

FOLLOWING THE success of a trip to Africa for artists in April (see The Resident February 23) organised by BJ Boulter and Gaelle Hamp-Adams, another journey has been planned for