The EU average wage is €2,000 with Portugal struggling to match half this amount among its poorly paid workers.
According to Eurostat data Portugal is in 18th place with an average wage of €1,000, behind even Greece and far from the average salary in Spain.
The market for real estate in Portugal, in the retail and office markets, was boosted by foreign investors during the first quarter of this year, announced consultants Jones Lang LaSalle (JLL)
According to the company, referring to data taken from the latest Market Pulse survey, the investment volume recorded between January and March of €28 million was exclusively provided by foreign investors.
The Algarve will have an increase of 206 GNR soldiers between June 15 and September 15 to strengthen security over the tourist season.
"The increase is sufficient, we believe, but we will be vigilant and monitor everything that happens and can provide more teams to reinforce the plan," according to the words of the Minister of Internal Affairs, Miguel Macedo, divulged after a presentation to dignitaries in Faro to which the press were invited and then banned.
Salaries of workers at Portimão council are able to be paid for two more months and then that’s it, unless the government can come up with a rescue plan for the insolvent municipality.
Overall the council owes around €150 million and recently tried to borrow €94 million under the government's Programme to Support the Local Economy scheme.
Tras-os-Montes was connected to Lisbon by a regional airline a couple of years ago which helped people get around and saved time for those far northerners visiting the capital for business or pleasure.
The route was scrapped as it could not be made to pay, but there is a new plan to link the north of Portugal to the south of the country, with stops in between - and government money to subside the service.
A British woman was stabbed at least ten times in the early hours of Thursday morning in the holiday resort of Albufeira.
The only suspect in the case is another Briton, aged 22, who was arrested at the scene will be up before the court late on Thursday.
An unexpected rise in unemployment has hit Germany while the rate in France climbed to a new record high.
New figures show that 2.9 million people in Germany are currently without work. This figure, for May, is the largest monthly jump since April 2009.
Concern is mounting over the growing use of antibiotics on farm animals, often with no medical supervision.
Fears are particularly acute over the US where authorities say the antibiotics contribute significantly to resistance. Estimates say that 80% of all antibiotics purchased in the US are for farm animals.
