The State of the World's Mothers report 2015, collated by Save the Children shows that Portugal is among the best countries in the world to have children.
Among the 179 countries analysed, Portugal ranked 16th, ahead of France, Canada, the UK and USA, however Portugal has slipped two places since the 2104 report.
The Venezuelan government invested nearly €300 million in Grupo Espírito Santo and would like it back.
Despite starting court proceedings to recover amounts invested by two public funds, Desarrollo Economico e Social de Venezuela (BANDES), and the Fondo de Desarrollo Nacional (FONDEN), the government quietly is hampering Portuguese companies from transferring legitimate funds back to the head office treasuries.
By midnight tonight, May 4th, all filling stations must have adopted and adapted to the new law regulating fuel sales and offer low-cost diesel and petrol to their customers at clearly marked pumps.
Additive free fuels have been mandatory in most filling stations since April 17th, but a bedding in period runs until the end of the day to ensure all pumps are marked clearly and the prices are displayed so as not to confuse.
Workers at the troubled Parque da Floresta resort in Vila do Bispo, are on strike today, demanding the payment of salary arrears.
The Union of Workers of the Hospitality and Tourism Industry is backing the action of 100 workers who demand at least a 20% payment of their March and April wages.
At the head of Spain’s fugitive police is Olga Lizana. Her team works with police and intelligence units around the world to find and arrest fugitive criminals hiding in Spain.
Hers is one of the leading forces undertaking the cleanup of Spain and especially the Costa del Sol, which used to be a safe haven and is still popular with foreign criminals, earning it the moniker “Costa del Crime”.
The Bank of Portugal wants to ‘change the relationship’ between banks and their customers.
Carlos Costa has decided that bank customers have to realise that there are risky financial products and safe financial products and said there was a need for a change in the relationship between customers and their banks.
Both the French and the Greek economies saw their manufacturing sectors “mired in contraction” in April, according to the respected Markit survey.
The French economy is the second largest in the eurozone after Germany. The country’s manufacturing output declined for the 11th month in a row and the pace of decline was the fastest so far this year.
Golfers in the UK are getting the benefit of drones, as a new business is developing in aerial photography of golf courses.
Technological advances coupled with falling prices means that there has been an increase in the availability for drones to capture tee-to-green films of golf holes. These give players an online guide to the challenges of the course.
