People in Britain are one of the least active in Europe warns a pivotal report.
Public Health England found that the population is now 20% less active than it was in the 1960s. It says that two thirds of the nation is failing to engage in physical activity.
More than 600 Britons have been able to use an EU directive to get their surgery abroad funded by the NHS.
The EU Directive on Cross-Border Healthcare gives British patients the right to receive some treatments anywhere in the EU and then reclaim the cost from the NHS provided the treatment is medically necessary.
Employees of the Algarve's largest independent filling station company 'Petrofer' today demanded that the management pay their wage arrears, a situation that is now affecting the majority of the company's 54 employees who are at least 2 months behind in receiving their pay packets.
Cátia Morais, of the Trade Union committee dealing with Petrofer said that her workers have grievances including the absence of any fuel to sell, and the absence of any stock in the retail units at the Algarve’s 14 filling stations.
The unemployment rate in Portugal dropped from 15.7% to 13.6% in September compared to September 2013.
The rate means that there were 702,000 people in Portugal without work, down from 728,000 last September, according to government figures.
The president of the Portuguese Association of Municipalities with Historical Centres (APMCH) today advocated the need to streamline the permit process for the rehabilitation of historical centres and to be able to fine investors who give up on projects.
"Portugal surely loses many investors because they realise that we have many rules and opinions, some of which overlap," said Victor Mendes, recognising the efforts of the government to alleviate the associated paperwork, but arguing that there is still a way to go.
Refer, the national railway company said today that it had finished upgrading the railway line between Olhão and Vila Real de Santo António in the Algarve.
In a carefully timed press announcement, the company said that the €2.9 million contract was designed to “strengthen security and improve timeliness along on the line serving the eastern Algarve where trains now can move faster.”
Portimão council’s tourism arm, alongside Algarve based companies with activities related to diving, took a stand at the Birmingham Dive Show 2014, the largest diving event in the UK, held this week and attended by around 15,000 people over the two days.
The event started in 1991 and this year attracted over 250 stands taken by companies and tourist bodies from around the world.
Loulé council executive has approved a 2015 budget of almost €102 million, and claims that the lion’s share is budgeted for capital expenditure - €46 million - in addition to significant spending on social services and education.
According to the deputy mayor of Loulé, Hugo Nunes who is responsible for Finance this is a budget notable for "accuracy and transparency” - notable perhaps for the lack of large wodges of budgeted income from the 'sale of council assets' which has been a budget item in past budgets but always has failed to appear.
