Algarve

VILAMOURA Marina launched seven days of top class competitive sailing recently at the 31st International Carnival Sailing Week. The regatta, featuring the cream of European sailing talent, sees over 400

MÁRIO SOARES, a respected former President and Prime Minister of Portugal, has been caught carrying out illegal building works at his Algarve summer home. Following a tip-off from an unnamed

HAVING seen, first-hand, the determination of the Silves voluntary bombeiros to fight the fires of summer 2003 with such limited resources, Ray Bentley welcomed the opportunity of fundraising. His London

IN AN effort to improve safety on Portugal’s roads, a series of strict measures will be introduced next month under the new Código da Estrada (Road Code). Heavier fines, drug

AS reported in last week’s The Resident, one of the major annual charity events in the Algarve, the Charity Golf Tournament with Gala Dinner and Show, now in its eighth

RESORTS in the Algarve outshone some of the best property developments in the world to win a terrific haul of prizes at this year’s Homes Overseas Awards, known to those

THE ALGARVE Riding Club will be holding its first show jumping event of the year at Quinta dos Amigos in Almancil on Sunday, February 13, starting at 10am. Spectators can

THE LIONS Clube de Loulé, a charity dedicated to helping the local community, is raising funds to provide the Loulé bombeiros with fire protection suits, which cost 1,000 euros each.

A CHARITY Swiss Team Bridge event is being held on Sunday, February 20, at the Hotel Garbe in Armação de Pêra. Proceeds from the event will go to the Disasters

ONE COMMENTATOR said it would have to go to a “penalty shoot-out” to decide the winner after Social Democrat leader Pedro Santana Lopes and José Sócrates, the Socialist Party (PS)