Algarve

THE FIRST brick of the Tivoli Victoria hotel in Vilamoura was laid last week during a ceremony held to mark the commencement of construction. Representing an investment of 57 million

The Network Christmas Fair, which took place on Friday, December 1, at the Hotel Garbe in Armação de Pêra, raised 1,630 euros for the Riding for the Disabled, Network’s chosen

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

By NATASHA SMITH natasha@portugalresident.com PLANS HAVE been approved for the construction of an autodrome in Portimão, which could be completed by September 2008 at an investment cost of 195 million

THE sterilisation campaign at Quinta dos Ciprestes, Ferrel in Lagos came to a successful conclusion on Sunday, two days later than expected. “Having said we would only work from Monday,

SPANISH DANCE company, Ballet Flamenco de Madrid will be performing a flamenco ballet spectacular at the Conservatória Regional do Algarve Maria in Faro, on December 14, at 9.30pm. The production

LOULÉ CÂMARA, through its social services unit, will deliver a total of 1,800 hampers to needy residents living in the borough’s 11 parishes between December 13 and 20, with the

AN UNOCCUPIED house in the centre of Faro collapsed in the early hours of Wednesday, November 29, apparently due to the extremely heavy rain of the previous day. According to