Portugal

Che Lagoense badminton star Pedro Martins will not defend his title during the forthcoming national elite championships following an entries mix-up. Instead the new world No88 will seek to further

Audiences were taken back to war torn France during performances of ‘Allo ‘Allo!, the latest stage production by The Algarveans Experimental Theatre Group, between May 12 and 14 at the

By CHRIS WRIGHT news@algarveresident.com The riverside gardens in Tavira provided the perfect backdrop for the town’s first ever Harley Davidson Convention at the weekend. The event, organised by the Algarve

The Parkalgar Honda motorcycle team’s World Supersport Championship season is going from strength to strength. The weekend’s fifth round in Monza saw No1 rider Eugene Laverty sandwiched by main title

By DAISY SAMPSON daisy.sampson@theresidentgroup.com An English woman who was house sitting at a remote property in the São Lourenço area of Almancil was raped during a violent robbery on May

By CHRIS GRAEME chris.graeme@theresidentgroup.com In a bid to calm the international financial markets and prevent Greek contagion spreading to Portugal, Spain, Ireland and Italy, the European Union has agreed to

By CHRIS GRAEME chris.graeme@theresidentgroup.com Pope Benedict XVI has accepted the Catholic Church’s responsibility for a string of child sex abuse scandals stretching back decades. Speaking on the papal flight en-route

Garry Mann, a former firefighter from Kent, was due to be flown to Lisbon on Wednesday to begin a two-year prison sentence for his alleged part in riots in Albufeira

By CHRIS GRAEME chris.graeme@theresidentgroup.com Ten former finance ministers from both the PSD and PS parties remained tight-lipped on Monday following a two-hour meeting with President Cavaco Silva over the perilous

The British elections could pass over the heads of the Portuguese because Britain has lost its relevance on the European stage, according to a top Portuguese political analyst and commentator.