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Algarve News December 8, 2023

CASA members enjoy Asian lunch

CASA members enjoy Asian lunch
Portugal Resident
Thirty-five CASA members met up at the Asia Tokyo restaurant in Praia da Rocha (Portimão) on Thursday, November 16, for another sushi and Chinese lunch.  This was the social club’s fifth visit to this “great-value restaurant” over the last few years. “The restaurant once again did us proud. Both the food and the service were well up […]
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Algarve News November 29, 2023

Checkmate: Portugal’s political crisis plays perfectly into PM’s hands

Checkmate: Portugal’s political crisis plays perfectly into PM’s hands
Portugal Resident
PM travels to Brussels as political backbiting hogs headlines As the Resident went to press, prime minister António Costa was on his way to a strategic dinner debate on the EU’s political priorities for the future. Notwithstanding oblique recent comments that he could not imagine “another public role” – an expression he then changed to […]
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Algarve News November 25, 2023

Christmas Fair brings festive feast to Guia streets

Christmas Fair brings festive feast to Guia streets
Portugal Resident
From November 25 until January 7, “Guia Natal” returns to the streets of Guia with entertainment for the whole family. The “Guia Natal” programme is back, promising to sweeten and liven up the Christmas season in the parish of Guia. The initiative includes a Christmas Market, an extra-long Street Nativity Scene, and lots of entertainment, […]
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Algarve News November 23, 2023

Clubs in the Algarve: culture, camaraderie, community 

Clubs in the Algarve: culture, camaraderie, community 
Portugal Resident
Three years ago, soon after my wife and I immigrated to Portugal, I had many moments of severe homesickness. “What the heck have we done?”, I thought. After living my whole life in the same place, with layers of social connections, now I am in a new place, knowing almost nobody, starting from scratch. It […]
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Algarve News November 21, 2023

Algarve 41 Club donates €500 to Riding for the Disabled Barlavento

Algarve 41 Club donates €500 to Riding for the Disabled Barlavento
Portugal Resident
Algarve 41 Club recently presented Riding for the Disabled Barlavento, Bensafrim, Lagos, with a cheque for €500. The presentation was made by the current Chairman Michael Brown. Riding for the disabled was started 15 years ago by Frank Bulmer, a past Chairman of Algarve 41 Club, and is totally dependent on donations from many different […]
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Algarve News November 20, 2023

Food, the language of love

Food, the language of love
Portugal Resident
This month, the Chaîne des Rôtisseurs celebrated the language of love applied to delicious food. Members of the Chaîne des Rôtisseurs and their guests gathered at restaurant NUMA in Portimão for a friendly dinner on Friday, November 17. NUMA, named after Chef Nuno Martins and his wife Manuela, was born out of their family dream […]
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Algarve News November 18, 2023

Teia d’Impulsos collects goods for babies in need this festive season

Teia d’Impulsos collects goods for babies in need this festive season
Portugal Resident
The association’s campaign aims to collect goods for Portimão Hospital’s Children and Youth Support Centre. Teia d’Impulsos, an association based in Portimão, is raising goods for babies in need during the Christmas season, “fulfilling its role of social responsibility for Portimão’s community”. The goods raised through the “Entre Fraldas e Afectos” campaign will be donated […]
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Algarve News November 4, 2023

Unprecedented project to define map of Europe’s coastal ecosystems comes to the Algarve

Unprecedented project to define map of Europe’s coastal ecosystems comes to the Algarve
Portugal Resident
The TREC expedition – “Traversing European Coastlines”, is travelling along the European coast, from the Baltic to the Mediterranean Sea, for the first time since it began in April 2023. This week, an unprecedented European scientific project has its 27th stop in the Algarve on a journey to draw a map of the continent’s coastal […]
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Algarve News November 2, 2023

Wine experts get together in Lagoa for Wine Tourism Forum

Wine experts get together in Lagoa for Wine Tourism Forum
Portugal Resident
Wine experts, producers, enthusiasts, sommeliers and entities will come together for the first Lagoa Wine Tourism Forum, which will take place at Hotel Bricia Du Mar in Ferragudo between November 9 and 10. “Innovation and Sustainability Challenges” has been chosen as the theme for the event, which will explore how wine tourism can bolster a […]
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Algarve News October 29, 2023

New English bookshop adds flavour to Lisbon’s literary scene

New English bookshop adds flavour to Lisbon’s literary scene
Portugal Resident
Offering a wide range of adult and children’s titles, Salted Books opened its doors in the Santos neighbourhood last month. Salted Books is the creation of Alex Holder, an English journalist and writer who sorely missed the bookshops from home. Located on an up-and-coming street in the Santos neighbourhood, Salted Books’ discreet shop window reveals […]
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