The Algarve’s councils have signed a protocol today in Faro that see the region’s firemen able to earn an additional €15 a day.
The Special Device to Combat Forest Fires (DECIF) 2014 agrees to add the sum to the government allowance of €45 per man, per day.
A breakfast meeting between Portugal’s President Cavaco Silva and bosses from local companies, including China Eastern Airlines, has resulted in an agreement in principle for a direct air route between Shanghai and Lisbon.
The new route, probably to be run by a Chinese company such as China Eastern Airlines, is seen as crucial for boosting tourism, according to a statement today from Economy Minister, Pires de Lima .
Morocco has begun building a wall to enhance border security at the two Spanish enclaves on its land, Ceuta and Melila.
The two parcels of Europe in North Africa are the frequent targets of illegal immigrants seeking opportunities in Europe.
A vessel which could have been that of Christopher Columbus has been identified off the coast of Haiti.
The shipwreck is thought to be the remains of the Santa Maria on which Columbus and his crew sailed to the New World in 1492, according to hopeful experts.
The Americans are now outdrinking the French when it comes to wine.
America’s taste for wine has steadily increased over the last decade while at the same time the French have reduced the amount they drink.
2013 saw 17,414 abortions performed on Portugal’s women, a 6.2% decrease in a year. This also is the lowest number since the decriminalisation of abortion in Portugal in 2007.
Two-thirds of these voluntary terminations were performed with drugs and were performed within the legal 10 week period, according to the latest report by the Directorate General of Health which has been monitoring the trends.
The body of a nine metre humpback whale was found at dawn today on the beach at Cabanas near Tavira. The whale was a young one as adults range in length from 12–16 metres.
The 2.5 tonnes mammal had badly cut fins and the assumption is that the whale had been entangled in fishing nets and was cut free with a knife.
More than 2,200 French national bought house in Portugal last year and 20,000 will live in the country by the end of 2015.
This is the estimate from the Franco-Portuguese Chamber of Commerce & Industry which has organised the third Real Estate and Portuguese Tourism Exhibition in Paris.
