Sepp Blatter is to serve a further term as the head of Fifa, the football world’s governing body.
This will be Blatter's fifth term, despite calls for his resignation after the corruption scandal exploded on Wednesday, and will see him in post until the age of 83.
The Algarve councils that cover the lower Guadiana area have decided that a bit of cooperation might save them time and money.
The Alcoutim mayor, Osvaldo Gonçalves, said that the three municipalities, which have already a joint group called Odiana, are likely to benefit from shared project management.
Lagoa council appears finally to have woken up to the situation on the Algarve’s roads, referring to "the calamitous road management in the region" in a motion tabled by the Left Bloc that now will be sent to Lisbon.
Lagoa council wants to let the national political parties, including the Government and the President of the Republic, know that the road situation has been getting worse in the Algarve.
Several BES customers who were duped into investing in allegedly ‘safe’ commercial bonds from Espírito Santo Group companies visited Novo Banco in Lisbon today to identify those staff members who had sold them the deals.
The new move is the precursor to accusing staff member and managers of aggravated fraud.
The prices of electricity and gas have gone up across all the countries in the euro area, including Portugal.
The measurement was taken between the second half of 2013 and the second half of 2014.
Greece’s nemesis, Finland, is trying to cope with its own harsh financial realities and its new government is planning radical austerity measures.
After three years of recession, the country of 5.4 million now faces five years of austerity.
Aero Vip, known locally for aerial advertising, flight charters, tourist flights and skydiving trips in the Algarve, is the only candidate that submitted a proposal to receive a €7.8 million subsidy for operating an airlink between Portimão and Bragança via Cascais, Viseu and Vila Real.
The air link is expected to start this summer, according to a spokesman from the Seven Air Group which owns Aero Vip. The proposal now is under consideration by the Selection Board of the National Civil Aviation Authority.
Amazon is reported to be branching out further to include its own-brand of food.
Last December the company launched its own-brand, Amazon Elements, which so far offers nappies and baby wipes.
