Salil Shetty, the Secretary General of Amnesty International believes that human rights are in decline in Europe and regrets that even European leaders "with progressive views" stays "in silence for fear of losing votes."
"Governments must have maximum transparency and not maximum secrecy."
“We’re out!” - Two words that marked the end of the battle to enable Ellie Silva to live with her mother, step-father and three siblings in Ireland, rather than with her father Filipe Silva in a hotel room in Madeira.
The SMS was sent from a jubilant step-father Philip Gannon this morning from the airport in Madeira about to board a flight to Dublin, at long last.
The Portuguese President of the European Commission said today that the 'clean exit' from Portugal's adjustment programme is a success for the country and for Europe, and praised the determination of the Portuguese people.
"With a 'clean exit' Portugal will now stand on its own. This is not just a success for Portugal, but a success for Europe," Barroso said in a statement issued after he met with the eurozone leaders Herman Van Rompuy and Mario Draghi, and Jeroen Dijsselbloem from the Eurogroup, on the day that Portugal’s Finance Minister Maria Luís Albuquerque formally announced to her eurozone partners the 'claen exit' decision taken yesterday by the Government.
The goal is to promote the country as a top surfing destination. Turismo de Portugal has signed a contract with the Hawaiian-based surfing celebrity Garrett McNamara.
The institution will pay €61,500 for the rights to use McNamara’s name and image.
PS European candidate Francisco Assis visted the Algarve today and criticised the "triumphalist tone" of Prime Minister Pedro Passos Coelho’s Sunday evening announcement that Portugal would leave the bailout programme with a clean break.
"The news was nothing that surprised me, we knew long ago that this was going to happen. What I would like to emphasise was the triumphalist tone of the Prime Minister which was at variance with the reality of national life," said Assis, who today visited the market of Olhão and local factories in a pre-campaign walkabout for the European elections May 25th.
Barclays is reported to be considering ending its presence in continental Europe.
This would involve the sale of its business in Portugal, Spain, France and Italy.
Gran Canaria has been plagued by a variety of king snake which is decimating some of the island’s natural wild life.
The albino California king snake came to the island as pets. It seems that some were set loose or escaped decades ago. But more recently the population in the wild has exploded. Over the last eight years, more than 2,000 have been captured but thousands are believed to remain living underground.
A ban on cheese imports from the UK has been put in place by authorities in China, following an inspection at a UK dairy.
The food inspectors reportedly complained about maintenance, raw milk transport temperatures, chemical storage and air sanitisation.
