Obama visit
US President Barack Obama is due to visit Portugal in November as he joins other heads of state in a NATO summit to be held in Lisbon. The summit is
Câmara signs protocol to save strays
Stray animals will no longer be put down at Lagos municipal kennel and cattery following the signing of a protocol on January 30 with local animal charity Associação Cadela Carlota
Men from Mars to land at LAPS
By ELOISE WALTON eloise.walton@theresidentgroup.com Employees from Portugal’s branch of Mars, the global snack corporation, will be ditching their suits and ties and donning overalls for a day of feeding, cleaning
Briton left in limbo over extradition
By DAISY SAMPSON daisy.sampson@theresidentgroup.com A British man who is fighting against an extradition order that would see him return to Portugal to serve a two-year jail sentence has had his
Just for kicks
The Portuguese national U-16 football team arrived in the Algarve yesterday (Thursday) to participate in the ‘Holland Tournament’. Based in Albufeira, the youngsters face the Dutch as well as their
Portugal in the fast lane
By CHRIS GRAEME chris.graeme@theresidentgroup.com Portugal’s Minister for Public Works and Transport has deflected criticism that the government didn’t have the money for big ticket infrastructure spending. Addressing economists in Lisbon
All-time best
“It is an honour to welcome him in Portugal to our modest home for the second time in his career.” Estoril Open (May 2-10) organiser João Lagos was speaking to
Portugal’s future will be difficult
By CHRIS GRAEME chris.graeme@theresidentgroup.com The Governor of the Bank of Portugal has warned that the next few years will be “difficult” for Portugal. The front runner for the new Governor
White elephants
By SKIP BANDELE sport@algarveresident.com A pre-World Cup friendly international, the top placement matches on March 3 of the women’s football ‘Mundialito’ and the March 20 Portuguese League Cup final (the
Amnesty International Portugal remembers the Holocaust
By CHRIS GRAEME chris.graeme@theresidentgroup.com “That which has happened is a warning. To forget it is guilt. It must be continually remembered for it was possible for this to happen and

