After the surprise example of French largesse by airports operator ANA, which agreed to pay a €1 per head tourist tax on behalf of air passengers arriving in Lisbon, it was only a matter of time before other councils with airports in their areas started demanding the same treatment.
Faro has joined several municipalities to demand that ANA treats all 'airport councils' equally and collects a €1 per head tax for each foreign tourist that lands.
Disappointed retailers saw sales plummet by -3.5% in March compared to February.
This was the largest drop experienced in any of the eurozone countries. Retail sales throughout the euro area were down on average by 0.8%.
Politician, lawyer and businessman Duarte Lima is to be tried by a jury in Brazil on suspicion of murdering heiress Rosalina Ribeiro.
The judge who will hear the case in Saquarema Court, Rio de Janeiro today confirmed the intention of the Brazilian Public Ministry to prosecute Lima thus ending months of speculation that he might not be charged at all.
McDonald’s could have to undergo an investigation by the European Commission for its tax arrangements.
EU competition commissioner Margrethe Vestager said she is considering trade union allegations that the US firm avoided paying more than €1bn in corporate taxes between 2009 and 2013.
The Bank of Portugal spent €2 million in legal advice on the restructuring of BES last year as it was ‘forced to make an unprecedented effort to safeguard financial stability,’ according to Carlos Costa (pictured), the bank’s governor.
The controversial resolution measures applied to BES last August, dividing the bank into 'good bank, bad bank' left thousands of individual investors, and many big name financial organisations nursing massive losses as the bad bank was used as a depository for all the toxic assets of Ricardo salgado's failed BES.
Britain’s healthcare has been cited in a highly critical report which ranked it in 28th place out of a total of 30.
The UK has fewer doctors, nurses, hospital beds and crucial medical equipment than most other wealthy nations, according to the report from the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD).
TAP's management is doing well in running the minimum agreed service during the current May1st to May10th pilots strike, but the union is said now to be planning further industrial action as the underlying grievances have not been dealt with.
Asked whether there could be another strike this May, the union replied that "new measures will be announced in good time" and that a general assembly of its members is scheduled.
The European Commission has now committed €22.6 million in aid for Nepal to assist “relief and early recovery”.
Shortly after last week’s earthquake, the EC pledged €6 million.
