Spanish police hailed their arrest of 57 people as the quashing of a major nationwide crime circuit dealing in the illegal immigration of Chinese nationals, according to a statement issued on Saturday.
The authorities believe that Chinese nationals living illegally in Barcelona were given falsified contracts as domestic workers in order to obtain residence permits.
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The captain of the brand new Seven Seas Explorer luxury cruise ship decided after all not to venture into Portimão’s harbour in a move that has left local businesses angry that nothing yet has been done to enable large cruisers to dock with ease and safety.
The head of the Algarve ports authority, now run from Sines, said everything had been ready to welcome the massive cruise ship but the Captain decided he was not going to risk it, citing ‘sea conditions’ as the reason to skip Portimão.
The GNR is to run the last phase of Operation Hermes from Friday to Sunday with additional patrols and ‘support for holidaymakers’ on main roads.
The operation is intended to ensure safety on the main exit routes from popular vacation spots as the end of the summer holidays sees thousands returning from the Algarve to all points north and east.
The number of foreigners living in Switzerland has leapt above the two million mark for the first time.
The foreign population now makes up nearly a quarter (24.6%) of the total population, according to the Swiss statistics office, which reported that in 2015 there were 2,048,700 foreign nationals with permanent residence permits.
An inquiry has been launched in Sweden to find the reasons why the country has one of the highest EU rates of deaths from drugs.
The country has a zero-tolerance policy, but nonetheless the number of deaths linked to the use of narcotics has soared in recent years, rising to 93 deaths per million of adults in 2014. This is approaching five times the European average of 19.2 deaths per million.
The area surrounding Pego do Inferno, the much-loved Tavira waterfall and pool, was burned to a cinder in the 2012 fire that swept across the eastern Algarve and consumed 21,500 hectares.
The site then was cordoned off by the council and the game of ‘pass the buck’ started in earnest.
Lagos hospital is not alone is trying to run medical services without enough doctors but it is the first area where the local council has denounced the situation as "dramatic" and "unsustainable."
The hospital covers the population of Lagos, Vila do Bispo and Aljezur but is failing, as are many of the regions health units as they all are missing the key ingredient – doctors.
