Last year more than 26,000 people throughout the European Union were killed as a result of driving accidents, according to Eurostat.
Although that figure is high, the number of fatalities on EU roads has been falling significantly every year for the last two decades. In 1995 nearly 64,000 people lost their lives because of negligent driving.
German Chancellor, Angela Merkel, has confirmed that she is to seek a fourth term in the general elections to be held in September 2017.
Speaking after meeting centre-right CDU party officials, Merkel staid, "I literally thought about this decision endlessly but I am ready to run for office again."
At last some clarity from the government over the Caixa Geral de Depósitos directors dispute.
Carlos César, the President of the Socialist Party, said today that the directors, led by António Domingues (pictured below), would have to be replaced if they did not meet the deadline for the delivery of their income and asset statements to the Constitutional Court.
The Algarve’s municipalities are spending again with the BASE public contracts website* showing hundreds of thousands of euros worth of contracts registered in November.
For some mayors the hard times are over, in the Algarve at least, and there seems to be no shortage of money being spent in the final quarter of the financial year.
As discussions continue over the proposed State Budget for next year, the Left Bloc continues to propose that the Algarve’s A22 motorway is free, or at least a lot cheaper for motorists.
The dogged Bloquistas argue that the Algarve’s drivers should not continue to pay tolls on the Via do Infante and that the rest of the region's infrastructure is in a right old mess.
The President of the Republic of Portugal rounded off his visit to London with a visit to the Queen last Thursday.
Rebelo de Sousa was ready with a gift to offer Her Majesty, a bottle of port dated 1953, the year of her coronation when she was 28-years-old.
The weather is expected to remain wet and stormy across mainland Portugal until Tuesday with heavy downpours, strong winds, snowfall on high ground in the north and rough seas.
In Friday's warning, the National Civil Protection Authority warned of high seas until the end of Saturday morning on the north and central coast and in the Lisbon region, with four metre waves.
The Berlin Wall farce continues with Olhão’s famous railway crossing once again in the news with attempts to put a positive spin on the continuing story that so far has defied common sense but has provided amusement to thousands.
The solution as to 'how to cross the railway track' was announced in July 2015 when €150,000 of totally unnecessary work was announced by Infraestruturas de Portugal to widen the road underpass so that (unwilling) pedestrians could cross from one side of the city to the other without using the old pedestrian crossing over the tracks.
