While Europe ponders what to do with the refugees on its shores, a village in Spain is advertising for a family with at least two children.
Bufali, in rural Valencia, has a population of some 150 people, but there are concerns that its only school will have to close because there are only four students there. Two of the pupils are destined to leave the school next year.
A report issued by the United Nations puts Portugal on the critical list of countries that are set to have an unsupportable elderly population by 2050 with 40% of its residents aged over 60.
The extrapolation for Portugal shows an older population well above the European average unless steps are taken now.
Child mortality across the globe has fallen dramatically in the last 25 years.
The number of children who die before their fifth birthday has been reduced by 53% since 1990, according to UN figures.
Miguel Macedo, the former Minister of Internal Affairs who resigned as a matter of principle over the Golden Visa affair saying he had nothing to do with any wrongdoing, is now a formal suspect in the case and has been questioned for six hours by detectives from the Central Department of Investigation and Penal Action.
Faced with damning phone tap evidence, the former minister formally was made a suspect in Operation Labyrinth, the inquiry into the whole Golden Visa corruption scandal that saw 11 high profile arrests in November last year.
A damp summer in Britain has helped Ryanair advance its profit outlook by 25%.
The weather coupled with cheaper fuel and a strong pound gave the carrier a record number of bookings in late summer.
An increasingly out-of-touch European Commission has reported that Portugal’s VAT evasion rate is a mere 9%.
The european average is reported to be around 14%, according to data from the Commission leaving Portugal as a shining example of tax collection efficiency.
Wary of adverse local feelings from locals in one of the poorest council areas of the Algarve, Olhão’s mayor António Pina said today that the council considers it "fair and logical" to offer space and help to refugees coming to the country as long as there is "a medium-term plan designed to give real help in accommodation, monitoring and integration, and a time limit."
In an open letter to locals, Pina says the council expresses "solidarity" with the "sad and humiliating situation of the refugees," but that first and foremost on his agenda is to look after the poor and dispossessed in his council area.
The technology for driverless vehicles has been evolving rapidly, but a new report warns that the threat of cyber attacks will hamper their use.
Concerns over hacking were one of the major technical challenges, according to the World Economic Forum and Boston Consulting Group which researched obstacles to driverless cars.
