Algarve

The Jewish Community of the Algarve will meet in Portimão for a picnic lunch on Sunday, December 17, which will fall on the second day of Chanukah, the Festival of

By NATASHA SMITH natasha@portugalresident.com The Centro de Apoio Familiar e Aconselhamento Parental (CAFAP), family support and parental counselling centre, opened its doors in Silves last week. The free service is

THE ALGARVEAN’S Experimental Theatre group is pleased to announce that rehearsals for the 2007 pantomime spectacular Scheherazade’s Greatest Hits are now under way. For the past 15 years The Algarvean’s

The first Introduction to Portuguese Wine Course took place at the Hotel Garbe earlier this month. Peter Koberg and Claire Larson of WineMine, an established local wine company, guided the participants

The count of 150 Royal British Legion collecting tins is complete, with the Algarve raising over 12,000 euros for the Poppy Appeal. The Appeal Co-ordinator for the Algarve, Sandra Wilkinson,

The fortress at Sagres is a finalist in the competition to be considered one of the Seven Wonders of Portugal. According to Hélder Martins, the president of the Região de

A TOTAL of 1,450 people in the Algarve are known to be HIV positive and, according to the regional authorities, the real number of sufferers could be two or even

NEW HOME decoration event, Algardecor, staged in Faro for the first time last weekend failed to draw the crowds. The public flocked to the Forum Algarve shopping centre to do

CHILDREN’S TV favourite, Bob the Builder, arrives in Lisbon this week for a stage version of the popular show. After sell out performances in Porto earlier this month, Bob and

By CAROLINE CUNHA caroline@portugalresident.com THE BODY of a German man, believed to be in his 30s, was found on Sunday afternoon on Praia das Adegas, close to Odeceixe, Aljezur. The