Cyprus, Greece and Egypt signed an agreement last week to cooperate on energy production of the oil and gas reserves around Cyprus, but that has not abated a war of words among all three nations.
Only minutes later Cyprus’s president, Nicos Anastasiades, accused Turkey of “provocative actions” for sending a surveillance vessel and war ships to search for natural resources in the island’s exclusive economic zone.
Nokia, the name which seemed synonymous with mobile phones, is quietly dropping out of the frame.
Technology giant Microsoft last year spent £4.61 billion on buying large portions of Nokia but the first smartphone to be released after that deal will be Microsoft Lumia, rather than Nokia Lumia.
Berlin has captured the title of the top city in the world for fun, winning out over 1,800 other cities.
The poll asked 2,000 travellers to rank cities according to categories such as “bars”, “clubs”, “shopping”, “adult entertainment” and “activities”.
A short circuit is thought to be the cause of yesterday’s spectacular fire which destroyed a wind turbine at the Raposeira Wind Farm, near Budens, Vila do Bispo.
The 100 metre high turbine was inaccessible to firemen who could do little more than ensure that surrounding area did not also catch fire.
The roof above the washrooms at the increasingly dilapidated police station finally has collapsed and officers and civilian staff fear for their safety as they work in the 100-year old building.
The local communist party has taken the officers’ plight to Parliament as fears increase that the building is unsafe and could collapse.
Lawyers for those arrested in Operation Labyrinth arrived in court today as Judge Carlos Alexandre kicked off proceedings by questioning one of the three Chinese businessmen detained last week in an operation aiming to uncover any corruption involved in the issuing of Golden Visas to wealthy foreigners.
The director of the Borders and Foreigners Service, an employee of the Institute of Registries and Notaries and a Chinese citizen were heard yesterday and questioning continued this morning at the Central Criminal Court in Lisbon.
The Mayor of Portimão says she will have to shut up shop if the Tribunal de Contas does not approve an insurance contract. The city hall, satellite council offcies, council cars and vans, and the city's buses soon will be left without cover and unable legally to operate.
At issue is a new, three year insurance contract which Isilda Gomes’ team has renegotiated to cover all the council’s insurance obligations as required by law.
A statement from the SINSEF Union representing employees of the Borders and Aliens Service (SEF), subsequent to the arrest on Thursday of its national director in the 'golden visa' corruption investigation called Operation Labyrinth, expresses the solidarity of all SEF workers and says its members will wait for the conclusion of the investigation.
“In the wake of the news coming out involving high-ranking public figures in general and this institution in particular, the Union expresses its solidarity with all SEF staff and calmly awaits the completion of investigations and the justice of the rule of law that we stand for.”
