To improve the communication with the Authorities and emergency medical services, Safe Communities Portugal has developed an emergency identification card for tourists and foreign residents in Portugal, but that can be used by any national citizen.
The Minister for the Environment and Energy Transition estimates a 3.5% reduction on part of customers' electricity bills next year.
João Pedro Matos Fernandes, said that anyone who wants to pay less VAT on energy can always choose to lower the contracted power, and, bingo, you pay VAT at 6%.
The ‘consultancy' company, Ernst & Young, has released another report, this time it’s all to do with the economy of the sea, worth 2.2% of the country's Gross Domestic Product.
Economic activities linked to the sea generated a turnover of €7.5 billion in 2016, concludes the study, employs ‘about’ 100,000 thousand people and contributes 3.1% of the national VAT take.
The growth rate of tourism, Portugal’s economic lifeblood, has been logged at the slowest since 2012.
Tourism is still growing, with the number of guests reaching new highs, but a slowdown is evident and concerning as much of the economic forecasting is based in straight line increases.
The Portimão Municipal Assembly is to convene on Friday, November 15, in an extraordinary session to discuss one thing – the Algarve’s tourist tax.
Those in the chamber will discuss and clarify the implementation and implications of the introduction of a tourist tax in the municipality and may decide to vote against the idea.
The resident population in Portugal fell in 2017, despite a slight reduction in the death rate, a decrease in emigration and an increase in immigration, according to figures from the National Institute of Statistics.
According to the latest demographic statistics, the population has been declining since 2010, although the rate of decline has eased over the last four years.
This morning Brexit Secretary Dominic Raab resigned saying he "cannot in good conscience support" the UK Brexit agreement as proposed by the Prime Minister and agreed with her cabinet.
This puts significant doubts in the Brexit process and has pushed sterling back towards recent lows.
The Odiana association is dedicating a day to the ornithology of the Baixo Guadiana area, starting with a workshop and photography exhibition in the Municipal Library of Vila Real de Santo António.
This will be followed by a field trip to the salt flats of Cerro do Bufo, in Castro Marim, where a rich variety of brid species can be found. The event is on Saturday, 17th November.
