Algarve

VOLUNTEERS ARE needed by Riding for the Disabled in the Algarve (RDA), a non-profit making charitable organisation. The organisation, which uses horses for hippotherapy for those with serious disabilities, needs

NATIONAL CO-ORDINATOR for Aids and HIV prevention, Professor Dr Henrique Barros was in Faro on January 31, to present the National Programme for the Prevention and Control of HIV/Aids for

CARNIVAL IS an age old tradition deeply rooted in Algarvean culture and celebrations this year promise to be as lively as ever. Loulé Carnival is the largest and most popular

CROWDS FLOCKED to the first Algarve Opportunidades fair held at ExpoFaro last weekend on the look out for a good bargain. Discounted goods ranged from shoes, clothing and bric-a-brac to

By: Natasha Smith natasha@portugalresident.com WITH THE success of the first TGIF (Thank Goodness It’s Friday!) lunch last month, The Resident is looking forward to the next event on February 23,

TWO PEOPLE carriers, to transport children to school, have been acquired by Alcoutim Câmara. The nine-seater vans were allocated to the area as part of a wider campaign to ensure

ISABEL SOARES, President of Silves Câmara, was presented with a Diploma and Medal of Merit of Co-operation for her work to promote Portuguese and Arab cultures by the Luso-Arab Institute

By: Caroline Cunha caroline@portugalresident.com A HUNTER, accused of assaulting an 83-year-old British man in countryside near his home in Loulé three years ago, was found not guilty at Loulé court

the Algarve has been prioritised for the first phase of a new coastal security plan to help reduce illegal immigration and drug trafficking from northern Africa. The government announced that

FOR THE first time ever, the Algarve will have a regional programme of adapted sports for disabled athletes. The programme will run until 2009, with the objective of promoting and