Publicity and bookings were the two objectives for Portugal’s participants at the British Birdwatching Fair that ended on August 21st in Leicestershire, UK.
'Birdwatching in the Algarve' was the broad theme at the joint stand for the Tourism Association of the Algarve and the Portuguese Society for the Study of Birds.
Also at the Fair were three privately funded specialist birdwatching businesses based in Portugal keen to sign up visitors for the autumn season.
Portugal’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs today has called for the lifting of diplomatic immunity covering the twin sons of the Iraqi ambassador who were involved in an attack that left a 15-year-old Portuguese boy seriously hurt.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued the formal request to an embassy official asking the Iraqis to waive the diplomatic immunity of the twins. The next stage is for Baghdad to decide whether to act on the request.
The UK Treasury has put forward proposals to impose stiff fines on offshore tax evaders.
The proposed new rules, announced on Wednesday, could fine evaders as much as 200% of the amounts of tax owed for any person or corporation who fail to declare before September 2018.
Portugal’s government and its European Commission masters have managed to come to an outline agreement to recapitalise Caixa Geral de Depósitos with an injection of €2.7 billion in taxpayers’ cash and an issue of debt and other measures taking the total to €4.6 billion, 100% higher than departing management estimated.
Caixa Geral has huge bad debts and the past management of the bank is being investigated by a parliamentary commission to see how its directors allowed the bank to lapse into such a state of degradation.
Portugal’s Foreign Ministry has bottled out over the diplomatic immunity row concerning the two Iraqi youths responsible for the savage beating of a local youth.
The Ministry today clarified its position in the Ponte de Sor attack, "it is not for the Portuguese authorities to lift the immunity of diplomatic agents accredited in Portugal."
Residents and holidaymakers in Vilamoura and Praia da Rocha have had enough, holidays are ruined, sleep is lacking and nerves are frayed as the all night music venues continue to flout noise regulations under the nose of police and councils.
Vilamoura made efforts this year to be better organised with transport, security and events blending seamlessly into a summer of trouble-free bliss but the noise from outside music venues has put paid to any thoughts of a relaxing night's sleep for those keeping to normal family hours.
The Algarve’s beekeepers say that honey production is down 50% this year due to weeks of rain in May.
The annual production of honey has been running at 1,200 tonnes with producers estimating a drop of 45% to 50% this year, according to the president of producers association in the eastern Algarve.
Portugal’s paedophile list has 5,618 names on it but parents are not allowed to know the details.
The register containing names and addresses of all of those convicted in Portugal of sex crimes against children was set up under a law enacted in November 2015.
