Marques da Silva (GMS) a reseller of Apple Inc. products is investing €600,000 in a new shop to sell Apple products at Forum Algarve.
André Marques da Silva, a GMS director, commented that "this is the first Apple shop in the south of the country," taking the company’s total to five outlets in Portugal at an overall investment of €3 million.
Rare sightings of blue sharks close to the shores in France and Spain have provoked warnings and swimming bans on some popular beaches.
Bans were imposed on beaches in the south of France and Corsica for several days after a number of sharks were spotted close in. Six beaches near Barcelona had been closed for the same reason, but have now reopened.
The parliamentary group of the Communist Party of Portugal (PCP) today has proposed that the Parliamentary Health Committee actually visits the Algarve before the next legislative session which starts on September 15th.
"The healthcare provided to the Algarve's population, both in terms of hospital care, and in terms of primary care, has deteriorated over the years as a result of the policy pursued by successive governments’ attacks on the National Health Service," according to a statement from the party.
As widely predicted by locals and Lagos business owners, the completion of the disruptive paving work taking place in the historic centre of Lagos, now will carry right on through the tourist season.
The original deadline of June came and went with a huge amount of work yet to be started and with other areas to be finished off.
Portuguese businessman Pais do Amaral says that soon he will be in a position to make a proposal to buy TAP, Portugal’s state airline.
Amaral said that he is allied to the U.S. business buccaneer Frank Lorenzo, the controversial former shareholder of Continental Airlines, and aims to partner him in a bid for TAP.
Portugal’s one and only dictator, António de Oliveira Salazar, lived at an address in the Rua Bernardo Lima in Lisbon for four years, moving to the Palacete de São Bento* only after an attempt on his life meant enhanced security was needed.
Salazar moved in to the top notch Lisbon property in 1933, the same year the Estado Novo, or New State, was established.
The Bank of Portugal has instructed Portugal’s banks to make a provision of 50% on any unsecured exposure to the Espírito Santo Group.
The central bank, led by Carlos Costa, sent his edict as the Espírito Santo Financial Group last week joined Rioforte and Espírito Santo International in applying for protection from its creditors under the laws of Luxembourg.
Stolen mobile phones can cost their owners thousands of pounds, prompting Citizens Advice to urge the British government to act.
A cap on charges made after a phone is stolen was supposed to have been introduced in spring of this year.
