From Faro to Lyon for le weekend will be possible from next April as easyJet announced another new route, one of three from the formerly 'low-cost' airline which aims to hit the ‘5 million passengers to Portugal’ milestone in 2016.
The Faro to Lyon option is but one new rote with Oporto-Funchal and Lisbon-Nantes soon to be added to the schedule.
The flooding in the Algarve after the torrential rain last weekend affected Loulé, Portimão, Olhão, and Silves but most dramatically, Albufeira whose residents today started a massive clean-up operation in the face of official dithering.
Assessors have started to list the damage to the municipal infrastructure and insurance company representatives attended businesses where water damage has ruined stock, fittings and structures.
Switzerland remains the least financially transparent country in the world despite recent changes to its secrecy laws.
The verdict comes from the Tax Justice Network’s annual report which ranked Switzerland at the top of its Financial Secrecy Index 2015, ahead of Hong Kong, Singapore and the Cayman Islands.
People in Brussels, including EU leaders and MEPs, are being swindled in some restaurants where cheap cuts of fish are billed as expensive ones.
An undercover investigation, conducted with DNA analysis by the University of Leuven, examined 280 orders from 150 restaurants, including some in and near the European Commission and Parliament as well as the tourist quarter.
People in Sweden have the best command of the English language of any non-native speakers.
The announcement came from Education First (EF) which produces an annual ranking. This year it considered the language abilities of more than 910,000 adults in 70 countries.
A pensioner reported missing on Sunday afternoon, today was found drowned in a ditch near Boliqueime, according to the GNR Command in Faro.
Francisco Navio was reported missing as flooding followed the heavy rains that hit the Algarve on Sunday. Sr Navio's body was found on Monday morning at around 09:30 some 100 metres from where his empty and submerged vehicle had been discovered.
Portugal’s President today said he was convinced that Portugal will continue to honour its European commitments, as to do so is crucial for the credibility of the country, for the confidence of investors and to keep international markets calm.
"Portugal is a country respected by European Union countries, precisely because it is a country that takes seriously its European commitments. This will not change, it is my conviction," said the head of state.
Portuguese emigrants have not only left to escape unemployment, seeing no future in their home country, but also were in search of professional development, often taking jobs at the same low salary as in Portugal, but with the prospect of ongoing professional training.
A conference today, hosted by the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, brought together researchers and sociologists of various nationalities to determine why people had left Portugal in such numbers and what they had done for work after they landed.
