Algarve

CHAOTIC SCENES at Faro Hospital dominated Portuguese television news bulletins for two days last week, after the high influx of flu sufferers left the hospital struggling to cope with the

• Stand in a doorway or hide under something very sturdy like a table. • Hide far from objects that could harm you, such as glass or concrete. • If

FINALLY, AFTER various delays, the cinema on the top floor of Faro Atrium, the new shopping centre in Rua de Santo António, Faro, opened to the public last Friday. No

By: Natasha Smith natasha@portugalresident.com IN AN effort to encourage more passengers to use its service, Ryanair has altered the name of Faro airport as a destination on its website to

SCUBA DIVERS from the Portimão Sub Aquatic Club, Portisub, have taken part in an expedition to locate the Empire Warrior, a British freighter that sank on June 19, 1941. The

FRENCH BABY products and accessories store, Bébé Confort is to open its first shop in the Algarve at the Forum Algarve shopping centre in Faro this month. The new store

A 28-year-old Brazilian man was arrested in Praia da Rocha on February 11, for carrying out two attempted assaults on women. The first occurred at 10pm in an underpass near

THE RESIDENT is pleased to announce that, following careful deliberation, the chosen charity of the year is Lar de Crianças Bom Samaritano in Alvor. The Lar de Crianças Bom Samaritano,

The world’s only female powerboat World Champion, Jackie Hunt from Hampshire in England, will be attending a press conference in Lisbon today, Friday 16. Jackie will be at Nauticampo –

VILA REAL de Santo António is set to send 50,000 euros to Playa, in Cuba, to construct a crèche and kindergarten. This gesture will be the first after the two