The Council of Ministers has agreed with Parpública that negotiations to sell TAP should continue with only two of the three bidders for TAP.
The rejection of Pais do Amaral’s bid does not mean the end of any Portuguese involvement as latecomer to the race, Humberto Pedrosa from the Barqueiro Group, is in partnership with the American businessman David Neeleman and their bid has been accepted.
Sir Cliff Richard has put his home in Berkshire up for sale.
The asking price is £4.75 million.
The animal protection group, the Born Free Foundation, says it successfully has forced the suspension of any further recording of the ‘Dolphins with the Stars’ series at Zoomarine in Guia.
Born Free and the Dolphinaria-Free Europe Coalition complained at government level at the exploitation of dolphins at Zoomarine for the purposes of the TV show:
The Votes for Expats organisation is delighted at David Cameron's election promise that he will abolish the arbitary 15 year cut off for expat voters.
Currently, expats after 15 years abroad no longer have the right to vote in UK general elections and referenda and often have no right to vote for an MP in their country of residence, this certainly is the case in Portugal.
Ikea has full permission to build its mega-development near Loulé in a move that will delight many shoppers and throw into disarray the various legal moves by local trading and environmental groups.
Unused farmland near Loulé was chosen by the Swedish group to open its fourth store in Portugal and the scheduled opening for the Ikea store is set for 2016.
Portugal’s new Socialist party manifesto released today has sent shockwaves straight to Germany where the most powerful nation in the union was relying on Portugal to buckle down and play the game of decades of interest payments and central supervision.
With the Greek problem much in Bonn’s sites, any anti-austerity behaviour from junior EU members, especially those with socialist pledges in an anti-austerity election manifesto, causes deep concern that Portugal may follow Greece out of the Euro or, if not, Portugal's lack of financial controls under the Socialists will make a mockery of the whole scheme.
An EU plan to distribute rescued migrants throughout Europe has faltered as France and Spain object.
French president Hollande said the quota system proposed “makes no sense” and there was “no question” of implementing it.
Another oil leak has contaminated a stretch of beach as well as the ocean.
Some 21,000 gallons of crude oil spilled onto land and sea in southern California due to a broken pipeline.
