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Students from the Vale Verde International School achieved a 100 per cent pass rate at both IGCSE and A level this year. At IGCSE level, 55 per cent of the

By PAULO SILVESTRE paulo.silvestre@theresidentgroup.com A new threat to public health, a superbug that is resistant to antibiotics, is causing alarm among health authorities across Europe. The infection, which originated in

Five people died in two multiple car accidents on Monday on the A25 road near Sever do Vouga in the north of Portugal. The first accident occurred around 4pm and

By PAULO SILVESTRE paulo.silvestre@theresidentgroup.com Algarve tourism chief Nuno Aires has slammed the northern Portuguese city of Guimarães for its use of an image of an empty Algarve beach in its

Lending by the European Central Bank (ECB) to Portuguese banks increased more than 21 per cent in July compared with June. According to data published on the website of the

By PAULO SILVESTRE paulo.silvestre@theresidentgroup.com The Portuguese Government is to reduce the number of monuments and buildings protected by law following a process of redefining the criteria. This evaluation process of

Forest fires in Portugal have destroyed a bigger area of land so far this year than in the whole of 2009. According to data released by the European Forest Fire

By DAISY SAMPSON daisy.sampson@theresidentgroup.com George Galloway is a British politician, author and broadcaster. As an MP, he first represented the Labour party  before his expulsion from the party in 2003 when

EXCLUSIVE by DAISY SAMPSON daisy.sampson@theresidentgroup.com Lagoa-based ophthalmologist Franciscus Versteeg has spoken exclusively to the Algarve Resident about the “horrible accident” at his clinic, I-QMed, which has resulted in three of

Members and guests of Boavista Golf near Lagos took part in an open golf competition on August 14, with a sizable field taking to the course. Brian Noble from Boavista