Algarve

OLD AND abandoned structures along the river front in Vila Real will give way to a hotel, restaurants and commercial spaces when construction of a redevelopment project begins in 2008.

A CHARITY day in aid of the abandoned animal shelter in Goldra, Loulé, is due to take place on Sunday at Shakespeare’s Bar and Bistro in Vilamoura. Music will be

PICASSO’S ETCHING of The Winged Bull, which he dedicated to his friend the bullfighter Pablo Lalande, is just one of a number of articles that have been entered for the

A NEW tourist office will be inaugurated in Praia da Rocha on World tourism day, September 27, at 9.30am. There will be an exhibition room with paintings as well as

By: ELOISE WALTON eloise@portugalresident.com A FARMER whose fields were targeted by anti-GM protestors is taking legal action against the environmental group responsible. Around 100 protesters destroyed part of a 51

SEVERAL COMPLAINTS were allegedly lodged during the summer with the police for excessive noise against footballer Luís Figo’s Se7e bar in Vilamoura marina but these have subsided as the summer

Shellfish dealers and fish nursery owners in Alvor and Mexilhoeira Grande have started a petition to stop the construction of a new fish breeding centre at Quinta da Rocha, claiming

MEMBERS OF the public can dispose of any used electronic equipment and appliances at the one of the two centres newly acquired by Algar, the solid waste treatment company. These

TAVIRA CÂMARA President Macário Correia has blamed the 50 per cent rise in road deaths in the Algarve since last year on poor road conditions and has called for immediate

By: NATASHA SMITH natasha@portugalresident.com A PUBLIC discussion regarding electricity company REN’s plans to erect pylons through Silves took place on Wednesday morning at Silves Câmara. Residents of Vale Fuzeiros, Casa