An upsurge in British people investigating property in the eurozone has been marked.
The renewed interest has been ascribed to the drop in the value of the euro and a belief that prices might finally have bottomed out after five long years. Buyers were also buoyed by low interest rates which have lessened the cost of borrowing.
Plans for a six-mile sea wall in Swansea Bay have been panned by the Citizens Advice charity.
The consumer body called it “appalling value for money” which should not get subsidies.
Agriculture Minister Assunção Cristas, has declared her passion for the Lusitano breed of horse and its part in Portugal’s growing equestrian tourism market.
Cristas said this weekend the government wants to boost equestrian tourism in the country, and can help do so by visibility to the Lusitano horse, an animal that she considers to have "an extraordinary and unique quality."
BES shareholders based in Portugal have joined their Spanish counterparts in a joint legal action against those they see as responsible for their impoverishment.
The two groups signed a memorandum of cooperation for joint legal representation and have appointed specialist lawyers Raposo Subtil e Associados.
Crops represented 52% of the EU’s total agricultural output, while animal rearing for meat and for milk accounted for 43%.
Portugal was close to the average, with a blend of 56% crops and 42% animal production.
British expats are still buying property in the UK, boosted by specialised mortgage deals and low rates.
Following last year’s launch of Skipton International’s service for expats, its director of lending reported: “We have been pleasantly surprised by the level of demand for our expat mortgages.
Companies across the eurozone are expressing more confidence, despite the realities on the ground.
It has been three and a half years since the level of belief that business activity would rise has been so high, according to the closely-watch Markit survey.
Faro council has no hope of getting its smart new bridge to Faro Island completed, having dithered and wasted so much time that the funding deadline became impossible to hit.
The council today announced with great pride that the Polis Ria Formosa Company already has ‘launched tenders for contracts’ for some car park work, cycle lanes and to upgrade the access to Faro beach, all of which will be finalised before the end of 2015 before Polis is wound up.
