A fictitious travel agency, Abortion Travel, has been set up in Spain by campaigners deeply opposed to the government’s curtailment of women’s freedom to terminate pregnancies.
If the proposed reforms to the country’s abortion laws are agreed, they would be among the most restrictive in Europe. Abortion could be legal only in cases of rape or a serious risk to the mother’s health.
Autonomous cars, those without drivers, are soon to hit the road as Volvo moves to launch the world’s first fleet of self-driving city vehicles.
The Swedish car maker is to provide 100 of them for a two-year project in Gothenburg, backed by the Swedish government from January 2017.
June 6th is Portugal’s Tax Liberation Day this year, according to a European study which shows this is the day when earned income after this date is the real net income for the year.
In 2011 the Portuguese had to work to May 29th to meet their tax obligations, in 2012 the date was June 3rd.
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.
