The Algarve’s EN125 ‘road of death’ is to have three active speed cameras “by the end of the first quarter of 2017.”
This is but one of the measures to reduce the accident rate on the country’s most dangerous road, according to the Secretary of State for Internal Affairs, Jorge Gomes.
The eurozone is likely to manage a growth spurt of 1.7%, according to fresh data from Eurostat which showed that annual GDP growth was higher than anticipated.
The statistics estimate annual GDP growth of 1.7% when compared to the first quarter of 2015.
Just itching to get its hand on Gibraltar, Spain’s foreign minister has revived a plan to share sovereignty over the territory if voters decide to leave the EU.
Such an arrangement would give Gibraltar continued access to the EU should the UK pull out.
Italy has demurred from submitting any candidates this year for Unesco World Heritage consideration.
It believes it is time for other countries to catch up.
The Uber transport service, so feared by Lisbon and Oporto’s taxi drivers when looking at their financial futures, has arrived in the Algarve and officially is operating as from Tuesday 7th June.
The app-based service will stay local during its test phase aims to take full advantage of those wishing to travel in the Faro, Vilamoura and Albufeira areas but there has been interferece from the government which managed to suspend the website on launch. http://uberportugal.pt/ now is working
Paulo Portas, Minister of Foreign Affairs and then Deputy Prime Minister in the Pedro Passos Coelho coalition government, is to be a consultant with Mota-Engil, concentrating on developing the company’s Latin American businesses.
Mota-Engil employs over 28,000 people in diverse areas including civil engineering, port operations, waste, water, and logistics, many of which are based overseas.
The number of deaths and serious injuries suffered in accidents on the Algarve’s roads was lower for the period Jan 1st to the end of May 2016 than in the past two years.
The Jan 1st to May 31st figures show the number of accidents increased compared to the same periods in 2015 and 2014 but that deaths were down.
Those whose savings were wiped out or severely depleted in the disastrous Banif ‘rescue’ are to sue both the Bank of Portugal and the Stock Market Commission.
The Defense Association of Injured Parties is already taking action against TVi and the European Union.
