The World Cup in Brazil has become a symbol of protest for the country’s poor who claim the government is wasting money which should be spent on public services instead.
Now street protests are being met with police officers who have been trained in the martial art of jiu jitsu.
The organisers of the annual International Tourism Fair in Lisbon want to target the Portuguese public to regain lost customers.
The premier tourism event for 2014 features over 1,000 companies and organisations, of which about 100 are first time exhibitors. The fair will cost over €1 million to host and the goal this year is to attract more than the 65,000 visitors received last year.
The causes of the boating accident on Sunday at one of the sea defences protecting the entrance to the port in Tavira in which a man died and another was treated for hypothermia, are as yet unconfirmed.
The accident took place at around 13.00 when the recreational fishing boat flipped over and ended up on the rocks of the sea defence.
The old Pousada de São Brás in the Algarve which was ditched by the Pestana Group due to poor performance is being transformed into a 'time-share' facility by its new Danish owners.
The local Mayor, Victor Guerreiro, explained that families are to purchase vacation time, a type of 'timesharing,' and that development will have 40 accommodation units that will be able to take 200 Danish families throughout the year.
Up to 60 health professionals are wanted in Abu Dhabi to work at the American owned Cleveland Clinic.
The Americans have taken on an international recruitment company which is to present the opportunities and answer questions from interested parties. Recruiters will be at the University of the Algarve in Faro on the 25th of February between 13.00 and 18.00.
Passos Coelho has sprung somewhat of a surprise on his political allies, and the nation, by announcing the return to politics of his friend, the disgraced former minister, Miguel Relvas.
After less than a year out of the limelight the proven liar, Miguel Relvas, is to take the top position in the PSD party, replacing Paulo Rangel as head of the PSD National Council. Rangel conveniently is to become a PSD European candidate. Whether this was his original plan is a state secret.
The lynx breeding centre in the hills to the east of Silves has successfully bred many lynx but so far all those released into the wild have gone to the Spanish region of Andalucia.
This is to change and Portugal one day may have its own lynx population after a meeting at the National Centre for Reproduction of the Iberian Lynx concluded with the news that there was a need "to define an action plan for the reintroduction of the Iberian lynx to Portugal in 2014.”
Spain’s credit rating has been upgraded by ratings agency Moody’s.
Although the rate went up one notch to Baa2 from Baa3, it is clear a step in the right direction for the ailing economy.
