Venetians are being encouraged to cough up €99 each to keep developers away from a lonely local island deemed to be one of the most haunted in the world.
Poveglia lies uninhabited in the Venice lagoon. In the 18th century, it had been used to quarantine people who were suffering from infectious diseases. By the 20th century, a nursing home on the island was beset by rumours that experiments were carried out on the mentally ill.
The police unit that deals with fraud and corruption has swooped on a ticket scam at some of Portugal’s famous monuments.
Ticket sales at Lisbon’s Belém Tower and the Jerónimos Monastery may not have been legitimate, the suspicion being investigated is that shameless ticket sellers have been printing and selling their own versions, selling them to unwary tourists and pocketing the proceeds.
Portugal’s struggling pharmacies are to receive incentives from the state to sell more generic medicines to customers, according to news from Health Minister Paulo Macedo communicated to Infarmed, the national regulator for the drugs industry.
The agreement in principle with the National Association of Pharmacies aims to increase the share of non-patented drugs in the domestic market, saving the health department millions each year.
Thousands of traffic police are patrolling Portugal’s roads this Easter weekend to ‘deter traffic accidents,’ while at the same time checking drivers’ documents and fitness to drive.
An estimated 5,500 GNR officers are on extra duties until midnight on Sunday but have already had to deal with 181 accidents, six seriously injured and one fatality.
The International Monetary Fund today released €851 million to Portugal as the results of the 11th review of the bailout programme were approved.
The IMF today concluded the 11th review and "approved the request for an extension of the financial assistance agreement until June 30, 2014, for technical reasons."
A new electronic tag for air passenger luggage could reduce long queues at airport check-in.
Air France-KLM said it has developed two gadgets which will go on trial shortly.
Four Spanish police in Majorca are in the dock for ‘torturing’ two British tourists.
Four members of Spain’s Civil Guard face imprisonment if convicted of assaulting the holidaymakers after they were in custody following a fight.
Portugal's tax authority revealed today that more than 7.8 million consumers are in with a chance in the new draw in which two tickets each will win a luxury Audi car.
The Portuguese population has 'impressively matched the expectations’ of the taxman with the first draw taking place tonight, Thursday 17th April.
