Algarve

LACK OF demand rather than budget cuts are said to be behind the sudden end of round-the-clock care at the Silves medical centre. The announcement that the the Serviço de

Remembrance Day was marked in the Algarve with a service at Santa Bárbara de Nêxe. A new two-metre, white stone memorial cross had been consecrated by local craftsmen at Leonilde

THE HEAD of the Santa Casa de Misericórdia de Lagos, Júlio José Monteiro Barroso, who is also the president of Lagos Câmara, is being investigated for discrepancies in the Rainha

TRITON TRAVEL, the independent UK travel agents’ group, has chosen the Algarve to host its second annual conference next spring. Around 1,000 travel agents are expected to travel to Portugal

MEMORABILIA donated by Geoff Capes to raise money to help the bomeiros of the Algarve to be better equipped to tackle forest fires during the summer months raised almost 1,000

THE CAR park on Avenida de Liberdade in Albufeira appears to have become a favourite spot for heroin addicts. Shop owners and residents have repeatedly complained to the câmara, but,

The Albufeira volunteer bombeiros need help to improve their English, due to the high number of foreign residents and visitors to the area. If you are an English speaking resident

DUE TO the recent storms, heavy rain, mist and fog, traffic conditions have been hazardous in the Algarve and throughout Portugal. In the last couple of weeks, it is has

ONE OF the biggest Christmas bazaars to hit the Algarve is being held on Friday, December 8, a public holiday. The Barringtons Christmas Bazaar at Barringtons Golf & Health Spa

CALLING ALL hotels, restaurants, charities, schools and associations — The Resident is asking for help in compiling its comprehensive Christmas guide. If you have not already sent us information about