Obsession with stray dogs
Dear Editor It seems that the expat community of the Algarve has an obsession with stray dogs. It’s bad enough that your classified pages carry advertising for prostitutes but all
GNR officer jailed for shooting child in car chase
A GNR police officer who killed a child during a car chase has been jailed for nine years and ordered to pay €80,000 in compensation – €20,000 of which has
MOT centres fail consumer watchdog’s ‘fault finder’ test
An undercover team from national consumer watchdog DECO took a number of vehicles to 30 MOT centres and were shocked to find that several intentionally-introduced faults had not been detected
McDonald’s dismisses workers for lacking customer service
Around 50 McDonald’s workers in Portugal who were recently dismissed from their positions for lacking customer service skills are contesting the decision as the fast-food chain is now looking to
Faro parents protest over extended school schedules
Angry parents hit the lunchtime TV news headlines on Monday over extended school schedules at a primary school in Faro. The new schedules mean that some children as young as
New portugalresident.com website launching November 8th
One of the oldest and most visited English language websites in Portugal -algarveresident.com – will be replaced from next Friday by an all-new daily news portal covering the whole of
One to watch
By ANA TAVARES news@algarveresident.com He won his first photography award at nursery school, built an impressive portfolio of fashion and documental images and was recently invited to exhibit his work
Tourism board launches online golf club
A pioneering online golf club has been launched by Turismo de Portugal with special deals for international golfers. Portugalgolfmembership.com was announced at this year’s Portugal Masters by Turismo de Portugal
Golegã Horse Festival comes to the Algarve
Quinta do Lago’s Conrad Algarve Hotel is set to bring the spirit of Golegã and its horses to the Algarve in an event on November 1 from 5pm. The evening
Health chief
Thirteen candidates applied for the post of president of the regional health authority. The applications will be sent to the government on October 30 and the new ARS‑Algarve president is