Algarve

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

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

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

GERMAN AIRLINE Lufthansa will be offering passengers flying in economy class more entertainment from November. Up to 40 per cent of Lufthansa’s airplanes will have all seats in economy class

By: CECÍLIA PIRES cecilia@portugalresident.com THE PORTUGUESE Environmental Ministry has pledged to take action to clarify the situation regarding the legality of recent building in urbanisations created in the Vila do

By: NATASHA SMITH natasha@portugalresident.com A FLIGHT from Faro to the UK was forced to return to the tarmac on Tuesday after one of the engines failed, according to the Algarve

THE ALGARVE registered an overall occupancy rate of 92.2 per cent in August, which is 2.2 per cent above last year’s figure for the same month. Albufeira was the most

THOUSANDS OF people converged on Quarteira on Friday to watch a midnight fireworks display that signalled the end of the first summer of the Allgarve project. Allgarve, a programme of