Algarve

By NATASHA SMITH natasha@portugalresident.com NEARLY 100 children turned out to train with the Irish international rugby union team at Browns Sports and Leisure Club last week. The team arrived in

Statistics presented by José van der Kellen, the regional director of the Serviço Estrangeiros e Fronteiras (SEF), the office for foreign citizens and border control, show there to be 66,000

PORTUGUESE WATER dogs are being used as a therapy tool for mentally handicapped children and adolescents with poor attendance at school in the Algarve. The Ria Formosa Kennel, in Quinta

By NATASHA SMITH natasha@portugalresident.com FLIGHT CANCELLATIONS and delays as a result of heavy fog across the UK in the build up to Christmas left many people experiencing problems flying in

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

Members of the Junta da Freguesia of Praia da Luz, holding their annual Christmas dinner, were the first people to dine in the restaurant. Also attending was Lagos Câmara President,

CELEBRATIONS AT the Instituto D Francisco Gomes, the boys home in Faro, better known as Casa dos Rapazes, were a little different this year, as they invited four other orphanages

RE/MAX PRESTIGE in Almancil put smiles on the faces of the children at the Casa da Primeira Infância in Loulé this Christmas. All 180 RE/MAX offices throughout Portugal promoted the

The Algarve needs more crèches and kindergartens, according to Vieira da Silva, the Minister for Employment and Social Security. During da Silva’s visit to the Algarve for meetings and the