Algarve

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

THERE ARE currently 1.4 million legal weapons in Portugal, an increase of 90,000 compared with last year even though new legislation has been brought in to lower the number of

THE ALGARVE naturist Club’s second nudist race, covering 1,500 metres, will take place on Sunday (September 16) at Meia Praia beach in Lagos. Participants may race naked or wear what

THE PORTUGUESE tourist who was shot in the face with an air rifle in Armação de Pêra on September 4 has made a formal complaint but police say no one

By: ELOISE WALTON eloise@portugalresident.com THE TRIAL of two people accused of murdering André Le Floch, the French owner of the Trimaran that capsized in August 2006, is expected to start

A COUPLE whose application to drill a borehole at their home in Tavira was rejected three times by CCDR, the commission of co-ordination and regional development, (See The Resident July