Portugal

A rehabilitation clinic in São Brás de Alportel is the only accredited Portuguese clinic in the world, according to the local Câmara. The Centro de Medicina de Reabilitação do Sul

BPCC Chairman António Comprido traces the history of the organisation since 1911. It was at nine o’clock on April 19, 1911 when a meeting with the British Legation began, presided

By Emma Bertenshaw editorial@theresidentgroup.com Some Algarve residents enjoy the space and freedom of living in the countryside away from the relative bustle of towns and resorts. Earlier this month on

Portimão manager João Bastos’ immediate future hangs in the balance following his team’s latest defeat at Sporting Covilhã. The Algarveans never recovered from an early Dani Matos strike and were

By CHRIS GRAEME chris.graeme@theresidentgroup.com The economist and ex-minister of finance who accompanied and advised the ‘Troika’ on Portugal’s austerity measures says that only through radical structural reforms and changes in

Algarve Archaeological Association (AAA) lectures are to be held on Tuesday, November 8. The first is at the Museum of São Brás at 2.30pm and the second at the Convento

By Sophie McCarrick sophie.mccarrick@theresidentgroup.com A new shopping centre, representing a €100 million investment, is scheduled to open in Guia by the end of 2013. Summerville Shopping Parque, announced by investment

By Inês Lopes ines.lopes@theresidentgroup.com During her first official visit to the Algarve, British Ambassador Jill Gallard attended a BPCC dinner on Wednesday, October 19, evening, where she spoke of her

Economists and pension fund experts have warned that the Portuguese State will not have enough cash to pay pensions by 2040. Falling birth rates, Brazilian and Ukrainian immigrants returning  to their

An illegal phone mast placed in the Vale do Covo area of Carvoeiro, Lagoa council, was removed this week. Work was said to have started on Monday, October 24, with