New hope for Faro musicians’ headquarters
A significant step towards the survival of Faro’s musicians association (ARCM) has been taken by the city’s municipal authority, which handed over the title deeds of a property to help
Carvoeiro party
Festivities in honour of Our Lady of Encarnação will be taking place this weekend (August 24 and 25) in Carvoeiro. The primarily religious festival will include entertainment, music and activities
Mountain of wreckage
A mountain of metal debris amounting to around 15,000 square metres is still lying on the site of the Portimão Retail Park nearly a year after it was almost totally
Don’t use your husband’s putter without being fitted
By Graham Stewart Last month Sharon came to me with putting problems. She told me she was struggling with distance control and felt uncomfortable. Her husband had given her a
Parking violation results in €20,000 fine
A €20,000 parking fine was sent by post to the home of a driver who had parked on a public garden in Carcavelos, in the Cascais municipality, “seriously violating environmental
Portuguese can’t afford to go on holiday
Only 22.4% of Portugal’s resident population enjoy the luxury of going on holiday, making it the penultimate country in a list of the 27 European Union countries, according to information
Renewable energy production soars
By Darius Munro news@algarveresident.com Despite the cuts in subsidies, the EU-27s’ renewable energy output continues to grow as the share of energy from renewable sources in gross final energy consumption
Surfer dudes and babes descend on Messines
FLIC’s Summer Surf party held at Tia Raquel’s near Messines recently was hailed a success by organisers, with participants wearing their “loudest and most garish shorts and shirts” and boogying
Unique helicopter operation fails to end mosquito plague
Authorities literally took to the air in order to erradicate the plague of mosquitoes which has brought misery to residents and tourists in the Armação de Pêra area. They hired