Local eyesore finally removed
For more than 20 years, residents in Quinta das Salinas near Almancil have been campaigning to have an unfinished building located on plots one and two of the development removed
A proactive response to crime
By DAISY SAMPSON daisy.sampson@theresidentgroup.com Crime in the Algarve is a subject of much concern for many people, with many opinions on how best to tackle crime prevention and security, from
Portugal to lose NATO command centre
By CHRIS GRAEME chris.graeme@theresidentgroup.com Portugal is to lose its NATO south Atlantic regional command centre in Oeiras, near Lisbon, and be replaced by a new operational command centre with less
Residents want animals banned from the circus
By PAULO SILVESTRE paulo.silvestre@theresidentgroup.com A group of Lagos residents have got together to try and stop animals being used in the circus and to get Lagos Câmara to ban the
Alentejo in pictures in Ourique
Photographer and Algarve Resident contributor John Oliver has a new exhibition of work at the Biblioteca Jorge Sampaio in Ourique until July 27. A series of images of the Baixo
Total lunar eclipse tonight
Tonight, June 15, there will be a total lunar eclipse visible from every continent except North America. The Moon will spend 100 minutes fully engulfed in Earth’s shadow, making this
Bones are from missing child
Human bones found on March 8 by fishermen at Praia do Beliche, in Sagres, are those of a child allegedly killed by her father, a German citizen also suspected of
British tourist dies while swimming
A 59-year old British tourist who was on holiday with his wife in the Algarve, died on June 1 at the beach of Armação de Pêra while swimming in the
Croatian crown
Faro tennis ace Rui Machado dismissed Slovenian Grega Zemlja 6-3, 6-0 in only one hour and 19 minutes in the final of the Rijeka Open in Croatia. The 27-year-old world
Cucumbers analysed are not infected
Analysis in Portugal to detect the presence of E. coli in cucumbers imported from Spain has proved negative. A spokesman from the Food and Economic Safety Authority (ASAE) told Lusa news

