Christmas

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Bowlers dressed as angels, reindeer and elves took to the green for a Christmas roll up at the Vila da Luz Bowls Club on December 19. A morning of fun

Despite the lack of the Christmas lights in the Lagoa municipality, there was no lack of Christmas cheer as children from across the area filled the streets with parades and

By CHRIS GRAEME chris.graeme@theresidentgroup.com Lisbon’s Christmas lights were subtle and uniform in colour this year to reflect Portugal’s current economic recession and Lisbon Câmara austerity measures. Instead of the usual

By PAULO SILVESTRE paulo.silvestre@theresidentgroup.com Most Algarve Câmaras are making heavy cuts to budgets for Christmas lights and decorations this year as the economic crisis continues to bite. Albufeira Mayor Desidério

Lagoa’s Pedro Martins returned from a busy European season to win the third stage of national Elite badminton circuit. The only 19-year-old defeated José Sousa 2-0 in the final of

By ELOISE WALTON eloise.walton@mmspublishing.com Dora Barbosa, psychologist and technical director at the Faro-based boys home Instituto D. Francisco Gomes, commonly known as Casa dos Rapazes, said: “We currently have 60

Portuguese multimedia and cable TV company ZON is once again sponsoring Lisbon’s Christmas tree, which has just been erected in Eduardo VII park. This year the tree was assembled in

Raising funds for the charity Friends of Cambodia, the Spirit of Christmas Fayre takes place at Galeria Corte-Real tomorrow (Saturday) and Sunday. Attractions at the fair include wine tasting with

Two British residents decided to have an alternative Christmas day by participating in their first tandem parachute jump, raising thousands of euros for Algarve and British charities. Following their festive