Algarve

By: NATASHA SMITH natasha@portugalresident.com NINETY TREES are in danger of being felled in Castro Marim to make way for the construction of a luxury resort, claims an environmental organisation. José

A YOUNG couple from Vila Do Bispo were killed on the EN125 on Sunday evening after their motorcycle collided with a tractor travelling in the same direction. The accident took

AT THE request of some charitable organisations, The Resident – Algarve & Lisbon Edition has extended the deadline for receipt of applications for its 2007 Charity of the Year. Submissions

DANIEL QUEIRÓS has been named as the new president of the Associação de Turismo do Algarve (ATA), Algarve Tourism Association. Following a unanimous vote by association members on December 20,

PORTUGAL’S MOST famous singer, Mariza, will be performing at Portimão Arena on January 13 in a unique concert presented by the Algarve Tourist Board (RTA) and Portimão Câmara. Following her

SILVER STRINGS Orchestra will be performing The Concert of Kings in the Pedro Ruivo Auditorium, in Faro, tomorrow night (January 6) from 9.30pm. Founded in 1918, the orchestra is one

By RUTH SHARPE ruth@portugalresident.com THREE FURTHER brutal and violent attacks have taken place in the days leading up to Christmas on expatriates living in Faro. Last week The Resident reported

TWO HOODED individuals broke into Modelo supermarket in Loulé on Boxing Day morning, stealing thousands of euros worth of mobile phones and cameras. The robbers were caught on CCTV breaking

TEMPERATURES ACROSS the country continued to drop last week. Serra da Estrela, the main ski area in the country in central Portugal, experienced very low temperatures, but to the despair

The school hall, buzzing with chattering parents and excited children, settled down to sing the calypso carol, Mary’s Boy Child. Then three children from class Junior two described the first