Portugal is a "country with too much poverty," according to the Minister of Labour, Solidarity and Social Security, Vieira da Silva
In Viera’s Monday message to mark the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty, the minister said that this is a situation that "is urgent" and that change is "highest priority" to combat child poverty.
As another marker in the decline of home ownership in the UK, the property rental market has been so active that it could surpass sales for the first time in eight decades.
House sales are reported to have tapered off since the June referendum on Brexit with many owners having withdrawn their homes from the market as a result. The number of houses for sales has dipped close to a record low.
Portugal’s A8 road was destined to be renamed as the ‘Autoestrada do Surf’, or just 'ASurf', to reflect the sport that is practiced in Ericeira, Nazaré and Peniche - a sport that has made Portugal famous as an international surfing destination.
The A8, will stay as the boring old A8, dashing the plans of Caldeira Cabral, Minister of the Economy, Turismo de Portugal and road concession holders Brisa, Lena and MSF which control Autoestradas do Atlântico, to rename the road with something more fun that the A8. This would coincide with a world surfing circuit event in Peniche starting this coming Tuesday.
Chancellor Angela Merkel last week focussed her attention on Africa with the intent of reducing migrant numbers entering Europe.
She visited Mali, Niger and Ethiopia and also met the heads of state of Nigeria and Chad.
A Dutchman fell down a cliff onto the rocks below as he tried to rescue his two dogs which had gone over the edge.
The Captain of the Port of Lagos, in conjunction with Lagos Bombeiros, were alerted to the accident at Porto Dona Maria, Praia da Luz on Friday.
Auditors from the European Union and the International Monetary Fund, essentially the country’s creditors, will be in Athens this week to scrutinise the economic reforms Greece promised to deliver.
Greece is into its seventh year in the worst post-war collapse and has already had three bail-outs. The most recent was fourteen months ago at a cost of €86 billion.
A 71-year-old grandmother has been jailed in the UK for taking her elderly brother to a care home in Portugal in defiance of a court order.
John Hemming, a former Liberal Democrat MP commented on the case “...in my view it stinks.”
Portugal’s Minister for Foreign Affairs has stated that the twin children of the Iraqi ambassador to Portugal will be declared 'persona non grata' if he does not receive a response to a request for their diplomatic immunity to be lifted due to their involvement in an attack on a youth in Pont de Sor in the Alentejo.
The Portuguese Government has informed Iraq that it will wait until the end of next week for an answer to a request made on 25 August.
