Algarve

TO CELEBRATE International Tourism Day, the Algarve Tourism Board opened a new tourist information office at Praia da Rocha. The event was attended by several political personalities, including the Civil

A PLEA was sent out to children and parents of São Lourenço International School to give financial donations or animal food to the Quintinha dos Animais Abandonados animal shelter in

A PARACHUTE demonstration is due to take place above Paderne stadium tomorrow (Saturday) from 12.30pm. The event has been organised by the Parachute Association of the Algarve, and is a

CAMINHOS DA Natureza is organising several extreme activities in the most unexplored areas of the Algarve region. The programme consists of countryside crossings on mountain bikes, pedestrian routes and canoeing

CONCERTS FEATURING the Algarve Orchestra are being held throughout October in various cities across Portugal, featuring music by a variety of well known composers including Schubert, Mendelssohn and Mozart. This

A PHOTOGRAPHY exhibition by the Ex-aequo association is being hosted at the Portuguese Youth Institute (IPJ) in Faro until October 31. Ex-aequo, the young lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and sympathiser

TWO HUNDRED people are expected to cycle from Albufeira to Fátima Sanctuary next week. The fifth Cycling Pilgrimage is being organised by the Associação de Ciclismo do Algarve (ACA), a

HELP IS at hand for parents of autistic children and children with development disorders, following the opening of a new branch of APPDA, the national association for autistic people, in

By: CECÍLIA PIRES cecilia@portugalresident.com AN ENGLISH woman died on Thursday as a result of severe injuries caused by a fire. Freda Dorothy Howells, an 80-years-old expatriate living in a villa

By: NATASHA SMITH natasha@portugalresident.com A GANG of thieves broke into two estate agencies and a property management office in Bouganvília Plaza shopping centre, in Quinta do Lago, on Monday morning