The payment of car parking charges by mobile phone can now be made in Lagos, increasing to six the number of cities in Portugal that offer this payment system.
Developed by Portuguese company Maksu Services, the EOS Parking is a system that offers the user the possibility to pay for parking charges via smartphone without using coins or pre-paying.
In what appears to be a developing trend, Venice is to hold a referendum on secession from Italy.
The vote will be start on Sunday and continue until Friday.
The question pertains not just to Venice but also the surround Veneto region in which some 3.8 million people are eligible to vote. The area includes historic cities such as Treviso, Vicenza and Verona.
In February we reported that expats in some countries might not in future be able to access local health care.
This appears to apply to expats under the state retirement age, and not in employment.
A new survey of global house prices shows that prices are rising in a number of countries, but not in southern Europe.
Prices went up in 39 of the countries analysed compared to 27 in 2012.
Local MP Paulo Sá has questioned the government on the "brutal" rent increases in Vila Real de Santo António that are affecting some of the poorest people in the council area.
A delegation including Comminist Party MP Paulo Sá recently visited the Bairro da Caixa in Vila Real de Santo António to hear residents' complaints about the unaffordable rent increases which he has relayed to the government.
Industrial output in the eurozone dropped slightly (-0.2%) in January compared with December.
But compared with a year ago, production was up by 2.1%.
The UK appears to be heading for a food price war as Morrisons tries to win back customers from Aldi and Lidl.
The supermarket announced that it will slash its prices and invest £1bn on product improvement over the coming three years.
Britain’s changing shopping tastes are reflected in the national “basket” of popular goods, which is an established technique to measure inflation.
