Fewer road accidents but more fatalities and injured were recorded upto and including the third weekend of August than in the same period last year, according the results released by the GNR.
In the fifth weekend of this summer's Operation Hermes, during which the GNR increased its activities, the GNR recorded 596 accidents (22 fewer than in the same period of 2016), four dead (three more), 27 seriously wounded (14 more) and 232 injured (24 more).
Ryanair has joined Lufthansa, easyJet and Condor in circling Air Berlin, following the German low-cost airline’s insolvency announced on August 15th.(here)
Michael O'Leary, Ryanair’s ebullient chief executive, confirmed the Irish company’s interest during an interview with Reuters and says the aim would be to buy the entire company.
United Investments Portugal (UIP), a company belonging to Dubai-based IFA Hotels & Resorts Group, has invested €100 million in development in Portugal over the past two years and recently signed a joint venture agreement with Bespoke Hotels, taking a majority stake worth €20 million to further the Bespoke brand in current development darlings, Spain and Portugal.
Led by Managing Director Carlos Leal, UIP already owns and operates the Pine Cliffs, (pictured) a Luxury Collection resort on the Algarve, as well as the Sheraton Cascais Resort, both in Portugal.
Continente’s parent, Sonae, is complaining about excessive promotions and discounting by its retail competition, calling it “an unhealthy trend.”
In Portugal, "4.5 out of 10 products are sold under a promotion," claims Luís Reis, the head corporate person at Sonae, owner of the Continente chain.
SIRESP SA, the company supplying the hopelessly inadequate emergency communications network which fails to function under emergency conditions, has fielded its first senior manager to explain that nothing is the company's fault.
The cable network used in provided by PT, one of SIRESP SA's shareholders which now is owned by the billionaire head of Altice, Patrick Draghi.
The Maritime Police have been busy inspecting boats moored at the fishing harbour on Culatra island following complaints by fishermen that so many leisure boats were using the area, legitimate fishermen were being hampered.
As a result of the police visit, fifteen recreational craft were identified as being moored in spaces reserved for boats involved in fishing and other activities that support the island’s marine trade.
Thursday and Friday, August 24th and 25th, are strike days for the Foreign and Borders Service staff at Portugal’s busy airports.
Struggling personnel are set to strike as their demands for more staff and further ‘technological resources’ have not been met by the government.
Portugal is undergoing a tourist boom at the same time as security measures have been increased to accord with new EU norms making airports busier and slower than ever before.
Silves council, aware of the fatal event in Funchal, when a tree killed 13 people at a religious festival, (here) is following Faro’s lead and cutting down trees that have been identified as being at risk.
The first trees to go are in the garden of the Largo da República, next to a secondary school.
