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Germany sees migrant numbers decline steeply

germanyRefugee numbers reaching Germany fell sharply in June, dipping below 5,000 for the entire month.

The total number arriving in Germany during the first six months of this year dwindled to 211,000. This was lower than the numbers reaching Germany during many months in 2015.

Algarve’s 'nature tourism' sector is catching on

guadianaNetworking, skills, investment, innovation and strategy were the key themes at the 'Tourism Opportunities in Low Density Areas’ seminar organised by Odiana, the lower Guadiana developemnt association, where nature tourism clearly was the answer.

The October to May period is the ideal time for many non-'sun and sand' holidays and the delegates discussed low density tourism strategies, the funds available and opportunities for nature tourism to fill in the winter and early spring gap left when beach holiday families depart after the summer season.

Algarve hoteliers enjoy the best June in 15 years

BeachMalhaoJune’s tourism figures show the best year since well before recession, austerity and unemployment ravaged the tourism sector and left many businesses bankrupt, many hotels mothballed and the sector indebted and close to despair.

According to data released today by the Association of Hotels and Resorts in the Algarve (AHETA), the occupancy rate for the region’s registered businesses last month was 81.8%: the June 2001 figure was a shade higher at 82.1%, cause for celebration as the Algarve not only has proved itself a safe destination, it again has become hugely popular.

Court official arrested for selling information

euromillions2An official at Loulé court has been arrested for taking money in exchange for information about seized properties.

As part of the same Judicial Police investigation, a group of three men were arrested for financial crimes involving vehicle loans.

Mota-Engil boss pays €6 million to avoid court on fraud charges

eurozonePortugal’s Mota-Engil construction company and its founder have been offered a deal, pay €6 million and the State will drop its charges of ‘qualified tax fraud.’

The offer does not mean that Mota-Engil is innocent of fraud, it is guilty and Operation Furaçao has proved it, but if the €6 million is paid over, fraud charges will be suspended and then dropped after two years.

Ailing Caixa Geral de Depósitos to lose 2,500 staff

caixageralCaixa Geral de Depósitos is the subject of a commission of inquiry which meets tomorrow, July 5, but in an early move to reduce costs, the Government and union leaders already have met and agreed that 2,500 workers will go.

The restructuring plan, under new Caixa Geral boss António Domingues, will see many overseas branches wound up and 2,500 staff retiring or taking early retirement and not being replaced.

'Recessionary upheaval' drives Greek brain drain

airplane2Nearly half a million Greeks have left their homeland in just eight years.

Figures from the country’s central bank reveal that 427,000 economic migrants have gone since 2008.

Silves: former mayor Isabel Soares responsible for 'gross procurement errors'

4852The Court of Auditors finally has reported on Silves council's accounts submitted during the presidency of former mayor Isabel Soares. All is not well.

This report follows an independent audit of Silves accounts commissioned by Mayor Rosa Palma which reported in October 2015 that there had been "gross procurement errors, including work commissioned that should have gone to public tender, work going ahead without the council going through the correct procedures and establishing the bona fides of the contractor and gross overcharging."