A British company has been selling kayaks to indigenous Inuits in Greenland.
Sea Kayaking UK, based in Holyhead, is one of the leading manufacturers of sea kayaks in the world.
“Our kayaks are based on the ancient Inuit designs so things are coming full circle now,” said Sea Kayaking UK founder Nigel Dennis.”
"The upturn is gaining ground, but this is no time for complacency or speeches of self-congratulation,” said the European Commissioner for Economic Affairs Olli Rehn, adding that Portugal has experienced a strong contribution to economic growth from its rising exports, but insisting on the need still to pursue the hard path of austerity and reforms.
Olli Rehn was speaking at the presentation of the 'Euro Plus Monitor 2013' report in Brussels, and argued that we are watching a "rebalancing of the economy of the eurozone, with an increase in confidence and in domestic demand, and with exports contributing strongly to growth."
Advertising plans are afoot to bring to Spanish and Portuguese revellers to the Algarve for New Year's Eve.
A multimedia advertising campaign launched by Algarve Tourism aims to convince undecided trippers to head south.
From now until the 17th of December publicity will be seen on billboards, buses, in the press and on television, radio and at ATMs when taking out money.
A Briton brandishing a kitchen knife made threats against GNR officers in Albufeira after he had attempted to stab a man in the street.
The menace was arrested by the GNR after a patrol tracked him down and officers threatened with the knife.
The local police had been approached by a Portuguese man who said that a foreigner had tried stabbing him as he walked along Avenida Sá Carneiro, one of the main streets of the city.
January 2014 sees the return of over 700 kilometers of roads to the direct management of Estradas de Portugal as a result of the renegotiation of contracts with various concession holders.
This move is said to represent a saving of €47 million over the next three years.
The opportunity to settle Social Security debts and sharply reduce penalties owing has raked in €160 million in the 20 days since the scheme came into force.
The Ministry of Employment and Social Security said today that people had already requested €160 million’s worth of invoices and that many are therefore keen to settle their accounts with a huge boost in the last week.
Portugal continues to decline in the Corruption Perceptions Index which for 10 consecutive years has made saddening reading as a widening elite continue to fill their pockets at the expense of others. The country came 33rd of 177 countries in the survey, down one point despite its lip service to anti-corruption laws.
The Vice-president of Transparency and Integrity considers the national score "dramatic" indicating the seriousness of the problem in Portuguese politics and in its public administration.
Portugal is the only country in Troika bailout land that will exit the crisis with a lower population than when it first applied for and received Troika aid.
The emigration of able bodied and skilled workers seeking jobs outside the country, coupled with a sharp drop in the number of births back home are the two factors that have contributed most to the decline in Portugal’s population and hence in the number of taxpayers left to foot the bill.
