The largest mobster trial in modern-day Rome is just underway, introduced by the accusation that the country is “morally rotten”.
A total of 46 local politicians, businessmen and officials are on trial following an investigation dubbed “Mafia Capital” which exposed a group of alleged mobsters whose grasp extended into nearly every part of Rome’s City Hall and which siphoned off millions of euros from public services.
The government has announced that it will not declare a state of emergency for Albufeira despite the council and local traders association saying there clearly should be 'disaster zone' status for the city following the floods on November 1st.
Our new Minister for Interplanetary Affairs, Calvão da Silva, did say that victims and the needy 'will be helped.'
Shoplifting in so prevalent in Spain that the country has the third-highest rate of shop theft in Europe and the sixth-highest in the world.
According to the Global Retail Theft Barometer, Spain lost nearly €2.5 billion in theft over a calendar year 2014-2015.
The Portuguese team of Sporting Braga were left barefoot in their changing room after thieves stole all their boots.
The team was preparing for their Europa League match at Olympique Marseille. They had left their boots in the dressing room at Stade Velodrome stadium after their training session on Wednesday.
The German government has admitted that it is still paying pensions to Spaniards who volunteered to fight for the Nazis in WWII.
The arrangement was originally struck with the Spanish dictator Francisco Franco. He had encouraged his countrymen to sign up to fight for Hitler rather than Communist Stalin between 1941 and 1943.
Portugal’s security police (PSP) have seized firearms and surveillance equipment at commercial premises in Vale de Lobo and Quinta do Lago.
The businesses, both private security companies, operate in the two prestigous tourist zones and had illegally been using concealed outdoor surveillance cameras.
France has decided not to extend voting rights to foreigners despite having been a campaign promise of François Hollande.
The French prime minister, Manuel Valls, admitted that the country simply was not ready for such a reform.
Paulo Portas passed a happy day in Dublin, leaving turmoil of domestic politics well behind him as he addressed delegates at the Web Summit and pitched the benefits of Lisbon where the event will be held next year.
The Deputy Prime Minister wants to bring the shine of the "new economy" to the Portuguese capital as he talked of young people in this sunrise industry, young people that largely are absent from his homeland as hundreds of thousands now are working happily in other European countries.
