The Irish airline's chief executive said on Tuesday that Portugal and Ireland remain the main problems for the company and predicted the cancellation of flights from Portugal and Ireland over the Easter period, possibly stretching into the summer.
A group of heavy-weight international investment fund managers, including Pimco and Blackrock, have demanded that the governor of the Banco de Portugal be called to Portugal’s parliament.
The Dean of Oporto's Fernando Pessoa University has been on trial for allegedly diverting €3 million from the privately owned institution. The hearing was held behind closed doors as he is so very important that his good name be besmirched, should the public get to hear or read the evidence against him.
The European Commission today concluded that everything in Portugal is going swimmingly well, despite a few structural reforms to deal with and the odd economic imbalances.
Brussels want to ‘harmonise consumer guarantees issued on equipment purchased from Portugal’s retailers.
Under new proposals, Portugal’s current two-year product warranty will be halved to 12 months, after which it is down to the consumer to bin a defunct piece of equipment, pay for it to be repaired or buy another one.
Portugal has only one person on the Forbes rich list, the billionaire widow of cork magnate, Américo Amorim.
Maria Fernanda Amorim appears in position 382 on the Forbes list with a fortune valued at 5.1 billion dollars (€4.1 billion), all of which was inherited from her husband (pictured) who died last July.
The collapse of a section of cliff at Careanos beach, Portimão, on Tuesday, was the 18th registered collapse along the western Algarve coast since the bad weather began, according to the Portuguese Environment Agency.
Fertile sardines have doubled their numbers in Portuguese coastal areas where fishing has been banned since October last year.
